FEATURE
Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute A few years ago, Tom Goldader, a Bremerton resident in his from the Campaign. The TAVR procedure is conducted in the mid-80s, noticed he was tiring more easily on his beloved new John J. and Katherine A. Harnish Cardiovascular Hybrid Operating Room, completed daily walks. Physicians the following fall at the discovered that Tom was Swedish/Cherry Hill camsuffering from severe aortic pus — thanks to more than valve stenosis, a condition $1 million in philanthropic that limits blood flow from support — which is outfitted the heart due to the calciwith cutting-edge imaging fication and narrowing of equipment, the result of a the aortic valve. The tradifurther $250,000 in gifts. tional treatment of replacNot only does the availaing the faulty valve via openbility of the less-invasive heart surgery was too risky TAVR mean shorter procefor Tom, given his age, the dure times and hospital amount of plaque in his stays compared to tradiaorta and other medical tional open-heart surgery, conditions, including type it also means a longer, bet2 diabetes and kidney probter quality of life for previlems. Fortunately for Tom, Caregivers at the Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute in the new John J. and Katherine A. Harnish Cardiovascular Hybrid Operating Room. ously untreatable or highthe Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute offered a much-less-invasive alternative — risk patients, such as Tom Goldader. Tom had his TAVR procedure at Swedish in October 2012. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). He stayed in the hospital for five days, followed by two weeks Swedish became one of the few sites in the U.S. to offer this innovative new procedure — in which the damaged valve at a rehabilitation center, before returning home. These days, is replaced with an artificial valve delivered to the heart via he’s back to his favorite pastime — taking long walks around a catheter-based system placed through the femoral artery his neighborhood. “Doctors at Swedish gave Tom new life,” she says. in the leg — in spring 2012, thanks to $250,000 in support
You made a $19 million impact Gift support to The Campaign for Swedish launched our cardiovascular program into a new era of cutting-edge technology, enhanced patient education, innovative research and most importantly, improved patient care. Some of the most significant programs that benefited from your gift support include:
Cardiovascular research: $2 million Cardiovascular Research develops and adopts new treatments and diagnostic techniques that have a direct impact on the life expectancy and quality of life of our patients, and on the global understanding of cardiovascular disease. Comprehensive Heart Failure Program: $4.8 million The program provides a full spectrum of services related to long-term care, patient monitoring and disease management, with the goal of reducing relapses and preventing readmissions for heart failure. Hybrid Operating Room: $1.3 million The Hybrid Operating Room combines state-of-the-art surgical technology with the advanced imaging equipment typically found in a cardiac cath lab, allowing surgical clinicians and cardiologists to work together to reduce morbidity, hospital length of stay and recovery time for our patients.
Cardiovascular Diagnostic and Imaging Center: $1 million The Center specializes in the non-invasive diagnosis and monitoring of cardiovascular diseases, allowing patients to undergo a variety of sophisticated tests, review the results with their cardiologist and evaluate a proposed treatment plan all within a single visit. w w w. s w e d i s h f o u n d a t i o n . o r g
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