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February 1, 2021February 17, 2021 Jim Kelsey angioplasty, angioplasty procedure, Asymptomatic presentation, atrial fibrillation, atypical pain, atypical presentation, Bob Valvano, bunch of doctor, cardiac cath lab, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiology fellowship, cardiology residency, CardioMEMS, cath lab, Chandhiran Rangaswamy, congestive heart failure, COVID, COVID-19, expected presentation, failure, fibrillation, general cardiology, geriatrician, heart disease, heart failure, hospitalization, image001 photo, interventional cardiologist, kid call, Louisville, Louisville native, Louisville resident, Louisville school, manage condition, medical influence, mislead presentation, muscle pull, pain, patient call, physician, pillow, presentation, procedure, quality of life, Rangaswamy, Rangaswamy 's career path, Rango, reflection of people, shortness, shortness of breath, symptom, textbook presentation, textbook presentation of heart disease, time patient present, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, will present

LOUISVILLE It is 3:00 am, and Chandhiran Rangaswamy, MD, an interventional cardiologist at UofL Health, is about to begin his

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News – Jun 2019

June 1, 2019June 21, 2019 MD-Update Staff $, 000, 10, accreditation, alert parent, arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, awareness of communication disorder, Bardstown, Bardstown Yousef Darrat, cardiac electrophysiology, cardiology, cardiovascular medicine, chi, chi saint, chief resident, clinical cardiac electrophysiology, commitment, crusade, Darrat, defibrillator management, disorder, Dr. Darrat, Dr. Darrat office, effective patient care, electrophysiology, evidence-based, external electrical cardioversion, fibrillation, good hear month, hear issue newborn, hear screen monitor, help of a generous donation, image002 Yousef Darrat, implantable defibrillator management, internal medicine, issue newborn, joint commission, Joseph, Joseph medical group, Joseph mount, late technology, Leslie Buddeke, Leslie Buddeke smart, Marshall university, MD-UPDATE, medical director, medicine, Morton, Morton center, new Shepherdsville road, newborn, newborn 's hear, News, News item, outpatient, pacemaker, portable hear screen monitor, Shepherdsville road, sleep, sleep disorder, special interest, Sterling, Sterling foundation, Sterling saint, suite 205, test hear, thin portable machine, WHAS, WHAS crusade, Yousef Darrat

SEND YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO MD-UPDATE > news@md-update.com Yousef Darrat, MD, Joins CHI Saint Joseph Medical Group – Cardiology in

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A Wake-Up Call for Cardiovascular Health

March 1, 2019May 13, 2019 Gil Dunn AASM inter-scorer reliability board member, advanced pap, andenotonsillar, andenotonsillar hypertrophy, apnea, Apnea test, arrythmia, Bowling, Bowling green Michael Zachek, care of OSA, care specialty, CPAP, CPAP data, craniofacial abnormality, critical care specialty, current paradigm of obvious OSA, dental device, dentist, disorder, evolution of sleep medicine, fibrillation, GGC, Gilbert clinic, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert clinic, great acceptance, great acceptance of telemedicine, high tobacco use, home sleep, hypertension, image001 photo, inter-scorer, Kentucky, Kentucky sleep society, medicine, Michael Zachek, month of patient, multi-specialty practice, obstructive sleep apnea, obvious OSA, Ohio county hospital, OSA, OSA treatment, overnight sleep study, Owensboro health sleep center, pap, pap device, pap prescription, past president of the Kentucky sleep society, patient-based, patient-based overview, patient-based overview of the specialty, patient-rich, patient-rich environment, payer requirement, pediatric sleep apnea, permit modification, phone app, physician center, pre-certification, pulmonary problem, remote evaluation, simple home breathe record, sleep, sleep apnea, sleep center staff, sleep disorder, sleep medicine, small town of Bowling, smart pap device, specialty, standard scorer, surgery, telemedicine, third-party payer requirement, timeless advice, timeless advice of the benefit, timely care, TJ Samson, TJ Samson hospital, treatment of sleep disorder, typical patient, US air force commitment, vascular issue, Wake-Up call, young pulmonologist, Zachek, Zachek recall join

BOWLING GREEN Michael Zachek, MD, has seen the evolution of sleep medicine from the 1990s until today. He has a

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The Next Era in Stroke Prevention

September 1, 2016 Melissa Zoeller AF, AF-induced, AF-induced stroke, anticoagulation, appendage, atrial fibrillation, atrium, blood thinner, breakthrough stroke risk reduction option, cardiac electrophysiology, cardiologist, cardiology, clot, director of cardiac electrophysiology, Dr. Rakesh Gopinathannair, echocardiographer, electrophysiology, FHRS, fibrillation, Gopinathannair, groin, high risk, interventional cardiologist, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne health cardiology associate, LAA, LAAC, left atrium, long-term anticoagulation, Louisville five, Louisville physician, new era, new era of stroke prevention, next level, next level of stroke prevention, non-valvular, physician, prevention, Rakesh Gopinathannair, stroke, stroke prevention, stroke-causing, stroke-causing blood clot, thinner, university of Louisville physician, upper chamber, upper chamber of the atrium, upper chamber of the heart, warfarin, watchman

LOUISVILLE Five million people in the United States suffer from atrial fibrillation (AF), a heart condition where the upper chambers

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An Astounding Day in Stroke Care

December 1, 2015January 20, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton Abou-Chebl, Abou-Chebl point, Alex Abou-Chebl, anti-coagulants, appendage, astound day, atrial fibrillation, baptist health, baptist neuroscience associate, blockage, blockage of an artery, blood clot, brain, brain tissue, category of stroke patient, clinical trial present overwhelm evidence, clot, day of fatalism, endovascular, endovascular therapy, endovascular treatment, endovascular treatment of stroke, fibrillation, guideline, hemorrhage, high risk of mortality, history of clinical medicine, improve stroke outcome, included patient, international stroke conference, interventional neurologist, intracerebral, intracerebral hemorrhage, ischemic, large vessel stroke, lead cause, lead cause of death, Louisville, major deficit, medical director of stroke, mortality, neurological outcome, neurologist, neuroscience, neuroscience associate, new standard, new standard of care, new treatment evolve, occlusion, onset, outcome, overwhelm benefit, retriever, risk of stroke, select patient, standard of care, stent, stent retriever, stroke, stroke account, stroke care, stroke conference, stroke mortality, stroke onset, stroke outcome, stroke patient, therapy, tissue, tPA, treatment evolve, trial present, type of stroke account, use of endovascular treatment, vessel stroke

LOUISVILLE The days of fatalism in stroke care are long gone, or at least they should be, according to Alex

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The Beat Goes On

March 1, 2015 Jim Kelsey aortic stenosis front, appendage, atrial fibrillation, beat, blood thinner, cardiac patient, cardiologist, cardiology, changer, co-director, CoreValve, Dermot Halpin, Edwards SAPIEN Transcatheter, Edwards SAPIEN Transcatheter heart, executive co-director, executive co-director of KentuckyOne health heart, FACC, FACS, failure, Falluji, FDA, FDA approval, fibrillation, FSCAI, game changer, grow collaboration, Hamid Mohammadzadeh, heart team, heart team 's approach, invasive procedure, Joseph, Joseph hospital, Joseph hospital heart team handle technology change, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health cardiology associate, KentuckyOne health heart, lariat, lariat procedure, Lexington, MD-UPDATE, MD-UPDATE issue, Michael Schaeffer, mitral valve, new procedure, Nezar Falluji, noose, percutaneous valve team, procedure, regurgitation, Robert Salley, sheath size, size of the delivery system, small sheath size, stenosis front, symptom, thinner, unique team approach, valve, valve team, vascular care

LEXINGTON In February 2014, MD-UPDATE Issue #84 shared the story of the “Heart Team” at KentuckyOne Health Cardiology Associates at

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Atrial Fibrillation a Huge Problem and Incredibly Common

February 1, 2013 Barbara Mackovic 50-year-old, ablation, arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, atrial fibrillation ablation, atrial fibrillation patient, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiothoracic, cardiothoracic surgeon, cardiovascular service, category of treatment, catheter, clinic, common cardiac arrhythmia, common indicator of atrial fibrillation, degree of stroke risk, director of Electrophysiology, doctor, dual approach, electrophysiologist, electrophysiology, electrophysiology cardiologist, executive director, executive director of cardiovascular service, fibrillation, fibrillation ablation, fibrillation patient, huge problem, hybrid ablation, incision, Jeffrey Schoen, Joseph, Joseph cardiology associate, Joseph Cardiothoracic, Joseph Cardiothoracic surgical associate, Joseph EP, Joseph hospital, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Lamiy, maze, maze procedure, medication, mini maze procedure, Multi-Disciplinary, Multi-Disciplinary team, multidisciplinary approach, option, outside of the heart, persistent atrial fibrillation, physician, procedure, radiofrequency, rate control, rate control strategy, rate control treatment work, rhythm, rhythm control, rhythm control treatment, Robert Salley, Sameh Lamiy, Schoen, significant symptom, small incision, sternotomy, success rate, surgeon, surgery, surgical ablation, symptom, Ted Wright, therapy, treatment option, Wright

Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. Common symptoms include palpitations, fainting, chest pain or congestive heart failure. One

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Digoxin Increases Risk in Patients with Atrial Fibrilation

February 1, 2013 Jodi Whitaker additional patient, AF, AF patient, analysed data, arrhythmia, associate professor, associate professor of medicine, atrial fibrillation, atrial fibrillation follow-up investigation, atrial fibrillation follow-up investigation of rhythm management, cardiovascular cause, chairman of cardiovascular medicine, common heart rhythm problem, contemporary management, contemporary management of AF, controversial heart drug, digoxin, Digoxin increase risk, Dr. Samy Claude Elayi, E., Elayi, failure, fibrillation, fibrillation follow-up investigation, find raise, Gill, group of university of Kentucky researcher, heart drug, heart failure, HF, Kentucky researcher, long-standing heart medication, medication, physician, prestigious European heart journal, rhythm, rhythm management, safety of digoxin, UK HealthCare, UK HealthCare 's gill heart institute, UK Healthcare research team voice concern, UK HealthCare researcher, use of digoxin

Digoxin, a drug widely used to treat heart disease, increases the possibility of death when used by patients with a

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News – Feb 2012

February 1, 2012 MD-Update Staff A., anesthesia, anthem, anti-FGF, anti-FGF agent dovitinib, APRN, arteriosclerosis, atrial fibrillation, ATVB, Bailey, baptist Healthcare system, baptist medical associate, Bellarmine, biology, cancer, cardiology, cardiology lab, Champion, Champion award, CIO, clinical oncology program, commonwealth neuroscience center, Danville Ephraim McDowell, Danville Ephraim McDowell health, Darnell, Daugherty, Dixie, dovitinib, Drs., editor-in-chief, Elizabeth, Elizabeth hospital, Ephraim McDowell, Ephraim McDowell health, family medicine, fellow investigator, fibrillation, gastrointestinal cancer, hack, healthcare, healthcare system, hybrid operate room, improvement, investigator, IT, Jewish hospital, JHSMH, John Villano, journal, Kentucky, Kentucky Markey, Kentucky Markey cancer center, Kentucky woman, KMA, lab, Lexington two, Lexington two new specialist, Louisville, Louisville surgical associate, Lowell Anthony, Lucas, lung, lung association, lung health, Markey, Markey 's team, Mary, medicine, Mohsin, Neuro-Oncology, Neuro-Oncology specialist, neuroendocrine, neuroendocrine tumor, neuroendocrine tumor patient, neuroscience, News, Norton Healthcare, Norton Healthcare facility, oncology, oncology program, oncology team, PhD, physician, procedure, quality improvement committee, Shelbyville, SMEH, specialist, specialty, specialty center, st, thrombosis, TKI258, treatment of neuroendocrine tumor, tumor, UK college, UK college of medicine, university of Kentucky Markey cancer center, vascular biology, warfarin

Neuroendocrine and Neuro-Oncology Specialists Join Markey’s Team LEXINGTON Two new specialists have joined the oncology team at the University of

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Heart Centers Help Patients Heal

February 1, 2012July 17, 2017 Megan Switzer A fib center serve, A fib coordinator, A., affect million, affect million of people, anticoagulation drug therapy, APRN, art option, atrial fib, atrial fibrillation, benign disease, CABG, cardiothoracic, cardiothoracic nurse navigator, care coordination, care plan, central baptist hospital, conflict care plan, coordination, coordination of care, disorder, disorder of grow concern, electrophysiologists, fib, fibrillation, heart center help patient, heart rhythm disorder, in-depth education, labyrinth of physician, Lynn, management of atrial fibrillation, MSN, multiple provider, navigator, necessary test, nurse, patient 's fear, patient 's primary cardiologist, perilous polypharmacy, plan of care, provide state, provide state of the art option, provider, significant risk of stroke, straightforward proposition, surgery, treatment of atrial fib, treatment option, valve, valve center, valve procedure, wasteful duplication, wasteful duplication of diagnostic test

LEXINGTON The health care system has become increasingly more complex and unfortunately the patient is left trying to find their

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