Heart & Lung – MD Update

Your Heart and Ears Have a Lot in Common. Love Them Both!

April 1, 2017July 2, 2018 Lisa Meeker abnormality, Aud, blood vessel, blood vessel of the inner ear, bluegrass, bluegrass hear clinic, cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular health problem, cardiovascular system, decade of research point, ear, early sign, early sign of cardiovascular disease, entire auditory system, hear health, hear loss, heart disease, high risk, high risk of depression, inner ear, low risk, low risk of hear loss, nutrient supply, oxygen-rich, smoker

People tend to take matters of the heart very seriously, and they tend to brush off hearing loss as inconsequential.

Cardiology Heart & Lung Special Section

A New Home for Structural Heart Disease

April 1, 2017July 17, 2017 Bob Baker anesthesia, anesthesiologist, anesthesiology, Anne Marie Webb, aortic stenosis, aortic valve replacement, APRN, BSN, cardiac anesthesia, cardiac anesthesiologist, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiothoracic, cardiothoracic surgeon, cardiovascular surgeon, CCRN, clinical cardiac operation, clinical research coordinator, coordinator, director of clinical cardiac operation, Erika Keithley, FDA, Flaherty, FNP-BC, Genny Sanders, Grubb, heart center, heart disease program, heart program, heart surgery, interventional cardiologist, interventional cardiology, invasive technique, Jewish hospital, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Louisville, low-risk patient, Matthew Williams, medical director, medical director of the structural heart program, Michael Flaherty, MitraClip, mitral regurgitation, MSN, multidisciplinary team, Naresh Solankhi, nurse, nurse navigator, open heart surgery, photo, physician, provider, regurgitation, research coordinator, risk patient, RN, Sharon Vincent, stenosis, structural heart center, structural heart disease, structural heart disease program, structural heart program, surgeon, surgery, surgical director, surgical director of the structural heart program, TAVR, TAVR procedure, TAVR program, team approach, therapy, transcatheter, U, valve, valve coordinator, valve replacement, valvular disease

LOUISVILLE They say, “Home is where the heart is.” Well, now the heart has a new home – at the

Cardiology Heart & Lung Pediatrics Primary Care & Pediatrics Special Section

Caring for the Hearts of Children

April 1, 2017July 27, 2017 Gil Dunn Abeer Hamdy, abnormal heart valve, abnormality, adult congenital cardiac surgeon, advancement, APRN, bypass valve operation, Callie Rzasa, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiology division, cardiology team, cardiothoracic, cardiothoracic surgery team, Carol Cottrill, catheterization laboratory, chief Douglas J., Cincinnati child, Cincinnati child 's hospital, congenital heart defect, congenital heart disease, congenital heart disease cut, congenital heart patient, correct abnormality, defect, Dr. Mohan, Echocardiography, electro-physiologists, era of surgical treatment, former chair of pediatric cardiology, general cardiology, heart defect, heart disease, heart disease cut, heart murmur, heart of child, heart patient, high quality of care, interventional pediatric cardiology, interventionalist, J., Jacqueline Noonan, James Quintessenza, Jennifer Davis, Joshua Hayman, Kelly Van, Kelly Van metre, Kentucky, Kristopher Cumbermack, Laura Murphy, lifestyle, Majd Makhoul, malformation, management of congenital heart defect, Mark Vranicar, mechanical aspect of the cardiovascular system, Melissa Lefebvre, member of the UK pediatric cardiology team, mission of provide access, murmur, Noonan 's mentorship, occluded blood vessel, pediatric cardiology, pediatric cardiology division, pediatric cardiology division of UK HealthCare, pediatric cardiothoracic surgery team, pediatrics, progression of repair, question of nature, remote region of Kentucky, Schneider, Schneider 's team, Schneider 's team of cardiologist, Shaun Mohan, surgery, SVT, syndrome, trained group, UK 's Kentucky, UK HealthCare, UK pediatric cardiology team, ultrasound, university of Cincinnati child 's hospital

LEXINGTON The pediatric cardiology division of UK HealthCare is led by Division Chief Douglas J. Schneider, MD. “Congenital heart disease

Cardiology Heart & Lung Special Section

Building a Structural Heart Program

April 1, 2017July 17, 2017 Donna Ison Abdelkader Almanfi, Al-Arab, Al-Arab medical university, Almanfi, Almanfi 's passion, aneurysm, artery, big need, blood flow, blood thinner, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiology fellowship, cardiology innovation facility, catheter, choice of specialty, dedicated group of specialist, Dr. Abdelkader Almanfi, endovascular, endovascular aneurysm repair, FDA, fellow cardiologist, femoral, field of cardiology, full potential, groin, heart care, heart disease, heart program, heart surgery, heart team, hospital administration, image expert, internal medicine residency, interventional cardiologist, interventional cardiology fellowship, medicine residency, mitral valve regurgitation, open heart surgery, organization-wise, outside of coronary artery, Owensboro, Owensboro health, Owensboro many physician, physician, post-doctoral cardiology fellowship, premier cardiology innovation facility, procedure, regurgitation, specialty-wise, structural cardiology, structural heart disease, structural heart program, structural heart team, surgery, TAVR, teamwork, Texas heart institute, thinner, transcatheter, treatment of structural heart disease, valve, valve condition, valve coordinator, valve regurgitation, valve replacement, vascular intervention, watchman

OWENSBORO Many physicians can point to a mentor or a singular event during their training that influenced their choice of

Cardiology Heart & Lung Special Section

Perfecting Prevention

April 1, 2017July 17, 2017 Jim Kelsey 100 % quality score, ACOs, biventricular, Bowling, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiovascular care, care organization, care plan, care rate, Chhabra, clinic, defibrillator, devised treatment plan, Dr. Graves, effort of the clinic, electrophysiology, engaged patient, forefront of medicine, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert 's preventative, Graves Gilbert clinic, health of the community, high risk, high-risk procedure, important intervention, integration of the primary care, intervention, interventional cardiologist, interventional cardiology, Lin, low cost care, Medicare, Medicare accountable Care organization, Medicare cost, minute of conversation, MRI, Mt. Sinai hospital, multispecialty, ounce of prevention, perfect prevention, photo, physician, physician-owned, physician-owned multispecialty clinic, pound of cure, preventative, preventative population medicine, prevention, prevention plan, preventive treatment plan, procedure, quality of care rate, quality score, rehab, rehab center, Roy, Sandeep Chhabra, tangible save, TAVR, team approach, treatment plan, unique structure of Graves Gilbert, value of prevention, worth thousand

BOWLING GREEN The saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” A more practical way of

Cancer Care Cardiology Cover Story Health Topics Heart & Lung

Two Teams. One System. Comprehensive Care.

April 1, 2017July 17, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton Albany, baptist health, benign disease of esophagus, Bousamra, breath, breath analysis, breath analysis study, Brian Bohannon, cancer, cancer center, Care, chest, Christiana Care, Christiana Care health system, clinic, comprehensive care, courtesy of baptist health, CT, CT scan, CT screen, CT screen program, esophageal cancer, esophagus, excite possibility, Floyd, full range of general thoracic surgical procedure, full-service, general surgery residency, general thoracic surgery, general thoracic surgical procedure, good outcome, guideline, heart side, heart side of the equation, hernia, hiatal, hiatal hernia, high risk, hospital stay, improved surgical outcome, innovative clinical trial, invasive procedure, invasive technique, Jonathan kraut, Kentucky, kraut, linker, Louisville, low-dose, lung, lung cancer, lung program, medical director, medical director of the oncology program, medical school, Medicare, Michael Bousamra, Mo. Bousamra, multidisciplinary lung, multidiscipline, new Albany, new drug, oncologist, oncology, oncology program, optimal patient care, outcome, patient care, patient morbidity, photo, procedure, progressive refinement, proven program, radiation, rapid return of function, residency, revolutionary advance, rib, Robert linker, scan, screen, service task force, St. Luke 's Mid America, steady mentality, surgeon, surgeon kraut, surgery, surgery practice, surgery program, surgery residency, thoracic surgeon, thoracic surgeon kraut, thoracic surgery, thoracic surgery practice, thoracic surgery program, thoracic surgery residency, treatment of lung cancer, U, US preventive service task force, USPSTF, vat

LOUISVILLE & NEW ALBANY, IND. Often, when it comes to heart and lung programs, it is the heart side of

Cardiology Heart & Lung Special Section

Access is Everything

April 1, 2017July 17, 2017 Donna Ison ADA-compliant facility, affluent counterpart, Americares, Americares study, army of people, aspect of cardiovascular care, blanket of access, cardiac care clinic, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiovascular care, cardiovascular ultrasound lab, care of the majority of patient schedule, clinic, clinic 's early stage, clinic co-founder, clinic lie, co-founder, coronary care, downtown Louisville, Dr. Michael Imburgia, echo stress test, echo techs, event monitor, FASE, federally-qualified, free care, half bus ride, heart clinic, Imburgia, Imburgia 's message, individual seek treatment, intermittent phone service, l-r, list of specialist, Louisville, Louisville 's uninsured Louisville heart disease, Louisville cardiology facility, Louisville heart disease, Louisville metro health equity report, medical director of the outpatient, Michael Imburgia, new ADA-compliant facility, new model of care, non-for-profit, non-for-profit clinic, not-for-profit clinic lie, nurse, open of the downtown facility, Park DuValle, patient care, patient schedule, pay-it-forward, qualify person, RDCS, Sandy Imburgia, sister visitor center, St. Matthews, Sue Dillon, ultrasound lab, underserved area of the community, vascular test, willing provider

LOUISVILLE Heart disease does not discriminate based on sex, race, or religion. However, it seems poverty does play a role.

Cardiology Headlines Heart & Lung

Physicians at Baptist Health Lexington First in City to Implant Naturally Dissolving Heart Stent

October 1, 2016July 17, 2017 MD-Update Staff angioplasty, artery, artery disease, balloon, balloon angioplasty, baptist health, bioresorbable, cardiologist, cardiology, conventional stents, coronary artery, coronary artery disease, dissolve heart, interventional cardiologist, Lexington, Lexington cardiology, medical group, new stent, physician, scaffold, scaffold support, stent, stents, vascular scaffold

LEXINGTON Physicians at Baptist Health Lexington were the first in Lexington to implant the recently approved coronary stent that slowly

Cardiology Headlines Heart & Lung

KentuckyOne Health Launches Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease

June 1, 2015July 17, 2017 Barbara Mackovic ►, ► fitness, ► group support, ► nutrition, ► stress management help participant cope, 18 four, 18 four hour group session, alternative medicine policy, cardiologist, change lifestyle, change paradigm, clinical professor of medicine, co-medical, co-medical director, co-medical director of the Ornish reversal program, community resource, critical component of the Ornish reversal program, Dean Ornish, Disease™, Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Dean Ornish 's program, Dr. Deborah Ballard, Dr. Ornish, eat plan, emotional self-awareness, evidence-based, good medical therapy, healthy lifestyle, henry road, internal medicine specialist, Jewish northeast, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne 's excellence, KentuckyOne 's healthy lifestyle center, KentuckyOne 's medical leader, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne health launch, lifestyle, lifestyle change, long-lasting relationship, Louisville, Louisville KentuckyOne, Louisville KentuckyOne health, medicine, medicine policy, medicine research institute, medicine specialist, nine week period, old henry road, Ornish, Ornish diet, Ornish reversal program, Ornish reversal program build, participant, president of the non-profit, preventive medicine research institute, reversal, reverse heart, root cause of poor health, stress, sustainable exercise, way participant

LOUISVILLE KentuckyOne Health is now offering Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease™ (the Ornish Reversal Program), the first

Cardiology Headlines Heart & Lung

Navigating Heart Recovery

March 1, 2015July 17, 2017 MD-Update Staff ACC, ACC 's patient navigator program, ACC patient navigator program, American college, American college of cardiology, baptist health, cardiology, discharge, discharge instruction, FACC, governor of the Kentucky chapter of the ACC, heart disease patient, hospital readmission, Jesse Adams III, Kentucky, Kentucky chapter, Louisville, Louisville baptist health, Louisville cardiology group, navigate heart recovery, navigator, navigator program, patient navigator program, readmission, team of caregivers, team-based approach

LOUISVILLE Baptist Health Louisville is one of 35 hospitals in the country, and the only hospital in Kentucky, selected to

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