Preventing Heart Disease 04/18/2025 Preventing heart disease includes looking a your current health situation, family history and more, and assessing what can be done to prevent heart disease including focusing on a healthy lifestyle. Play Video
Chest Wall Reconstruction 04/17/2025 Chest wall reconstruction is a surgical procedure to repair defects in the chest wall, often following tumors, trauma or other conditions. Samaritan cardiothoracic surgeons operate at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. Play Video
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting 04/17/2025 Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), also known as heart bypass surgery, is a procedure that reroutes blood flow around narrowed or blocked coronary arteries via a blood vessel taken from elsewhere in the body. Samaritan’s cardiothoracic surgeons operate at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. Play Video
Structural Heart Program Overview 04/17/2025 Samaritan’s structural heart program with transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of the mitral valve, or MitraClip, percutaneous closure of congenital heart defects and other heart procedures are done at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis, Oregon. Play Video
Mitral Regurgitation & MitraClip 04/17/2025 Mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of the mitral valve, or MitraClip, fixes leaky heart valves. The procedure is done at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis, Oregon. Play Video
Heart Attack 04/17/2025 A heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction, occurs when blood flow to the heart muscle is blocked. Samaritan cardiologists are on standby at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center to treat patients. Prompt treatment is crucial to minimize heart damage. Play Video
Pacemaker 04/17/2025 As part of Samaritan’s electrophysiology program, when patients need a pacemaker for an irregular or slow heartbeat, cardiologists place the small, battery-powered device under the skin, near the collarbone, to help regulate the heart’s rate and rhythm. Play Video
Defibrillator Implant 04/17/2025 A defibrillator detects abnormal heart rhythms, or arrhythmias, and delivers an electric shock, if necessary, to restore a normal heart beat. Samaritan cardiologists place the small, battery-powered device under the skin, near the collarbone, to monitor and treat life-threatening heart rhythm problems. Play Video
Women & Heart Health 04/17/2025 From pregnancy-related risk factors, to hormonal changes to traditional risk factors, understanding a women’s likeliness for heart disease is essential for early detection and prevention. Play Video
Managing Behaviors for a Healthy Heart 04/17/2025 Heart issues and anxiety have a bidirectional relationship. Developing behaviors for a healthy heart can involve therapy, medications, exercise, social connectiveness and more. Play Video
