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Register Now For Free Emergency First Responders Event on November 15

November 6, 2017 Leave a Comment

Emergency First Responders – Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Awareness and Prevention

Join MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper and Cooper Heart Institute experts for a panel discussion focusing on cancer prevention and screening and cardiac health.

Free blood pressure screening will be offered starting at 6:30 p.m., the program begins at 7 p.m. Two (2) CEUs will be provided for attending this event. Read more.

Posted in: Events Tagged: Community Health, continuing education, Cooper Heart Institute, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Cooper Heart Institute and MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper Support Local Awareness Events in South Jersey

October 23, 2017 Leave a Comment

Members of the Cooper team were out and about this past weekend supporting local awareness events in South Jersey. Scroll down to see photos from the Cooper Heart Institute at the Southern NJ Fall Heart Walk, and from our MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper team at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk!

 

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Posted in: Events Tagged: Cooper Heart Institute, Janet Knowles Breast Cancer Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper

Physicians at Cooper Heart Institute First in Region to Perform Breakthrough Aortic Valve Replacement

April 5, 2017 Leave a Comment

Procedure presents new option for patients with complex anatomy

For patients who need a new aortic valve but who are poor candidates for either surgery or transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) through femoral-artery access, the Cooper Heart Institute now offers a new approach called transcaval TAVR.  Read more.

Posted in: Announcements, Newsmakers, Press Releases Tagged: American Heart Association, Cooper Heart Institute, Heart Valve Treatment, TAVR

Cooper Heart Institute Participating in Study of New Heart Valve Treatment

March 18, 2015 Leave a Comment

Until recently, high-risk heart patients with a severe form of leaky mitral valve disorder, called mitral regurgitation, and who were deemed too frail or sick to undergo open heart surgery had few treatment choices.

Now, because of Cooper Heart Institute’s (CHI) expertise in performing minimally invasive valve techniques and clinical research experience, the CHI is one of 75 testing sites in North America  and the only site in South Jersey to be taking part in a clinical trial – the Cardiovascular Outcomes Assessment of the MitraClip Percutaneous Therapy for Heart Failure Patients with Functional Mitral Regurgitation (COAPT) trial — to evaluate the effectiveness of a minimally invasive, catheter-based procedure that uses a clip to repair the leakage. Read more.

Posted in: Newsmakers Tagged: Cooper Heart Institute, Heart Valve Treatment

Cooper First in the Nation to Implant World’s Smallest Defibrillator

May 30, 2014 Leave a Comment

Cooper University Health Care achieved another milestone and was the first hospital in the United States to implant the world’s smallest and thinnest implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).

ICDs are often used in patients who are diagnosed with congestive heart failure due to weak heart muscles and who are at risk of sudden death. “Heart failure is a chronic, progressive condition in which the heart muscle is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body’s need for nutrients and oxygen,” according to Perry J. Read more.

Posted in: Newsmakers, Press Releases Tagged: congestive heart failure, Cooper Heart Institute, George Mark, ICD, implantable cardioverter defibrillator, Perry Weinstock

Cooper Heart Surgery Recognized as Top Program in U.S.

May 7, 2013 Leave a Comment
The Cooper Heart Institute’s Cardiothoracic Surgery program has received "3 Star" ratings from the prestigious Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) in two separate categories: coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) and aortic valve replacement surgery (AVR). It is the organization's highest quality ranking, and Cooper is among only two percent of participating hospitals with similar programs to earn “3 Star” ratings in both categories.
Posted in: Announcements, Press Releases Tagged: cardiothoracic surgery, Cooper Heart Institute, Frank W. Bowen III MD, Michael Rosenbloom MD, Richard Y. Highbloom MD

Cooper First In New Jersey to Implant Edwards Sapien Percutaneous Heart Valve

January 6, 2012 Leave a Comment
Today, Cooper University Hospital became the first hospital in New Jersey to implant a ground-breaking new technology, the Edwards Sapien Percutaneous Heart Valve.
Posted in: Announcements Tagged: cardiothoracic surgery, Cooper Heart Institute

Cooper Offers Newest Heart Valve Technology That Will Transform The Treatment of Valve Disease

December 30, 2011 Leave a Comment
The Cooper Heart Institute at Cooper University Hospital has been selected as one of the initial sites in the United States to implement a groundbreaking cardiovascular technology, the new Sapien Percutaneous Heart Valve.
Posted in: Announcements, Newsmakers, Press Releases Tagged: cardiothoracic surgery, Cooper Heart Institute

Cooper Receives Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award in Heart Failure from the American Heart Association

April 12, 2011 Leave a Comment
This award is given only to hospitals that achieve 85 percent or higher adherence to all Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure Performance Achievement indicators to improve quality of patient care and outcomes. Cooper is the only hospital in the region to receive the Gold Plus achievement.
Posted in: Announcements, Press Releases Tagged: American Heart Association, Cooper Heart Institute, Get With the Guidelines, Heart Failure

New Cooper LifeNet System Can Save Lives of Heart Attack Patients

February 18, 2011 Leave a Comment
In a medical emergency, time is of the essence, especially when it comes to your heart. A new software called LifeNet is being implemented at Cooper University Hospital to shorten the length of time between identifying a heart attack and providing potentially life-saving treatment.
Posted in: Press Releases Tagged: Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Cooper Heart Institute, Emergency Department, LifeNet Management System
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