heart disease

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Heart Care Takes a Multidisciplinary Village

February 1, 2022April 19, 2022 MD-Update Staff administrative time, appointment, artery monitor, assistant chief of medicine, baptist health, baptist health 's Louisville heart failure, baptist heart failure clinic, battery, battery technology, big disease, blood clot, cardiologist, cardiology, CardioMEMS, cardiothoracic, cardiovascular disease fellowship, care of patient, catheterization, clinic, clinical trial, clot, COVID, CRT-P, disease fellowship, echocardiograms, ER, ER visit, excite option, FACC, failure, flare state, heart disease, heart failure, heart failure clinic, heart failure program, heart failure trial, heart transplant, Heatherly, HF, HF clinic, HF patient, Honor 's college, Honor 's college of western Carolina university, hypertension, hypertension clinic, implantable pulmonary artery monitor, inpatient hospital stay, J., Kentucky, life look, Louisville, Louisville heart failure, Louisville Steven, Louisville Steven J., lung, LVAD, LVADs, MD-UPDATE, MD-Update Q, MDU, MDU Kentucky, medical director, medical school, medication, misconception, monitor, multidisciplinary village, need defibrillator, new PAH clinic, new treatment plan, out-patient, out-patient arena, PAH, PAH clinic, PAH patient, patient population, PH, PH clinic, PhD, physician, principal investigator, procedure, professional life look, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary hypertension clinic, randomized clinical heart failure trial, religion major, remote patient monitor, research meet, solid schedule, special pacemaker, specialized area, STEP-HFpEF, Steven Heatherly, surgery, surgical procedure, Uber, valve, varied background, wake forest, WiFi scale

LOUISVILLE Steven J. Heatherly, MD, PhD, FACC, is the system medical director for heart failure and pulmonary hypertension for Baptist

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Knowledge Is Power

February 1, 2022April 19, 2022 Jim Kelsey Ain sham university, artery, Baylor, blockage, blocked artery, cardiac catheterization, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiology fellowship, cardiovascular doctor, cath lab, catheterization, chest, chest pain, chief medical resident, clinic, clinical investigation science, duPont manual high school, El-Refai, environment reward, graduate of duPont manual high school, healthcare decision, heart attack, heart disease, image001 photo, internal medicine train, interventional cardiologist, interventional cardiology fellowship, investigation science, Louisville, Louisville school, medical train, medicine train, Mostafa Osman El-Refai, need procedure, nice perspective, Non-Invasive, non-invasive thing, Norton, Norton Healthcare, Norton Healthcare Mostafa Osman El-Refai, Norton heart, outpatient, outpatient clinic set, overall physician-patient, pain, physician, private suburban hospital, procedure, stable set, Texas heart institute, university of Louisville school of public health, VA, vascular institute, wide variety of clinical experience, young patient

LOUISVILLE To borrow from Spider-Man, with great power comes great responsibility. Another way to say that is, just because you

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When Your Mission Is Healthy Hearts, Failure Is Not an Option

February 1, 2022April 19, 2022 Menisa Marshall advanced heart failure center, advanced heart failure program, advanced heart therapy program, advanced therapy, assist device, cardiologist, cardiology, cath lab procedure, clinic, collaboration drive, collaborative teamwork, coordinator, director of the program 's heart, effectiveness of advanced therapy, emerge information, excite prospect, expert work, failure, failure clinic, familial hyper-cholesterolemia, good quality life, hallmark of UofL health, healthy heart, heart disease, heart failure, heart failure center, heart failure hospitalization, heart failure program, heart pump, heart therapy program, human transplant, hyper-cholesterolemia, importance of prompt referral, innovative heart pump, invasive cath lab procedure, lifestyle, lifestyle choice, lot of option, Louisville NASA, Louisville NASA control director, max-imize, medicine, minimal need, mission of UofL health, modified pig heart, Moore, option, pacemaker-like, pacemaker-like device, pharmacist, pig heart, positive outlook, power of a positive outlook, prevention peg heart disease, program 's heart, program 's transplant, prompt referral, pump, quality life, recent news of a human transplant, referral, related department work, Stephanie Moore, therapy, transplant, transplant coordinator, transplant work team, treatment of valve disease, typical transplant work team, UofL, UofL health, Utah, valve disease, ventricular assist device

LOUISVILLE NASA control director Gene Kranz is often credited for saying, “Failure is not an option.” He claims those exact

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Public Health 

The CARE Collaborative and Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Program

February 1, 2022April 19, 2022 Natalie Littlefield $2, additional support, behavior, blood pressure, blood pressure education awareness program, blood pressure monitor, blood pressure zone, BS, burden, cardiovascular assessment, cardiovascular disease risk, Care, Care collaborative education, Care SMBP, Care SMBP coach, Care SMBP combine, Care SMBP program, classes.4, coach, dementia.1, dementia.1 heart disease, diastolic blood pressure, disease control, DrPH, educational classes.4, engagement, FQHCs, Frankfort, FRANKFORT hypertension, free blood pressure education awareness program, free blood pressure monitor, healthcare provider, heart disease, high blood pressure, high burden of hypertension, home blood pressure monitor, home visit program, hypertension, hypertension education, Kentucky, Kentucky heart disease, Kentucky man, Kentucky patient, KY department, KY heart disease, Ky., lifestyle, lifestyle modification, lifestyle modification goal, maintenance decision, measurement, meta-analysis, modification, monitor, MS, one-on-one counsel, out-of-office, out-of-office blood pressure measurement, participant, participant 's blood, participant 's engagement, participant tool, prevention, provider, public health, qualified health center, regular measurement, regular measurement of blood pressure, regular one-on-one counsel, regular out-of-office blood pressure measurement, reliable measurement, respectively, risk-reduction, self-measured, self-measured blood pressure monitor, Self-Measured blood pressure monitor program, simple hypertension education, SMBP, SMBP clinical service use, SMBP program, stroke, stroke prevention program, systolic blood pressure, telephonic support tool, university of Kentucky, usual care

FRANKFORT Hypertension or high blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease, stroke, chronic kidney disease, and dementia.1

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OP/ED 

Central Kentucky Heart Ball Returns

February 1, 2022April 19, 2022 Jeff Koonce American heart month, ball, Ball supporter, board of the central Kentucky, board trustee, central bank center, central Kentucky heart, central Kentucky heart walk, chair couple, COVID, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, CVD, end tobacco, executive leadership team, gala fund research, heart disease, heart month, image001 Jeff Koonce, Kentucky, Kentucky heart, Kentucky heart walk, Lexington cardiovascular disease, McKinsey global survey, pandemic, provide resource, reported low emotional wellness, reported low physical wellness, skip exercise, vaping, vaping use, wellness, work empower individual

LEXINGTON Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has long been the leading cause of death, not just here in Kentucky, but around the

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Cover Story Special Section 

Invisible Capes

June 1, 2021September 9, 2021 Jim Kelsey adult congenital cardiac surgery, Afghanistan, Alexandra Rogers, Alexandra Rogers baby, Alsoufi, Alsoufi 's patient population, anticipated treatment, associate professor of surgery, baby, baby 's congenital heart abnormality, Bahaaldin Alsoufi, Brian J., cardiologist, cardiology, cardiothoracic, Cardiothoracic surgery, care unit physician, CCRN, chief of the division of pediatric cardiac surgery, CICU, complex neonatal cardiac surgery, congenital cardiac surgeon, congenital heart disease require heart surgery, congenital heart surgery, Dawn Williamson, defect, detection, director of pediatric cardiac surgery, early detection, empowered mere mortal, expect parent, family need cardiac surgery, fellowship, group of superheroes of vary superpower, heart condition, heart defect, heart disease, heart institute, heart problem, heart surgery, Holland, Hudson Hogue, image001 photography, image002 Dr. Holland, invisible cape, J., Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Lawrence cardiac intensive Care unit, Louisville, Louisville division, Louisville school, medical team, Megan Boone, multiple appointment, NCHI, neonatal intensive care unit physician, new team of superheroes, Norton, Norton child, Norton child 's heart institute, nurse, nurse manager, nurse practitioner, PCU nurse educator, pediatric cardiac surgery, pediatric cardiac surgery subspecialty, pediatric cardiologist, pediatric cardiology, pediatric valvular heart disease, pediatrician, photography, physician, post-operative care, RN, single ventricle palliation, singular foe, specific heart defect, super parent, superheroes, superheroes don, superpower, surgeon, surgery, surgery subspecialty, Syria, take care, Toronto 's hospital, ultrasound, university of Damascus, university of Louisville division of pediatric cardiology, university of Louisville school of medicine, university of Toronto 's hospital, vary superpower, ventricle, ventricle palliation

LOUISVILLE In the movies, the Avengers are a group of superheroes of varying superpowers and talents. They come from countries

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News News & Events 

News – Apr 2021

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 MD-Update Staff Aaron Stewart, advanced heart failure, affiliate, American college, Andy Powell, baptist health, baptist health foundation, Bellarmine, Bellarmine university, Breckenridge Lane, cardiologist, cardiothoracic, cardiovascular care, cardiovascular service, CEO, chairman, chairman of baptist health foundation, chief lend officer, clinic, clinical support, Dr. Toadvine, executive director, failure, family medicine, foundation board, foundation board chairman, fundraising, great Louisville, gynecology, Harrison, Harrison memorial hospital, health foundation, healthcare, heart disease, heart failure, heart failure patient, heart transplant, HMH, hormone-related, hormone-related program, image001 photo, image002 photo, Justin Leighty, K., Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kresge way, KY 40207, Larry Gray, leadership, Leighty, Lexington, lifesaving, Louisville, Louisville baptist health foundation, Louisville Louisville, Louisville Louisville baptist health, medical degree, medical director, medical group, medicine, member of the American college of obstetrics, new CEO, new foundation board chairman, News, Norton, Norton Audubon, Norton Audubon hospital, Norton Healthcare, Norton heart, obstetrics, photo, physician, physician specialty service, Powell, president of baptist health, republic bank, republic bank 's Andy Powell, residency, Riley, role of vice chairman, service line, specialty, Stewart, suite 134, suite 200, TOADVINE, transplant, treatment of disease of the female reproductive organ, UK Gill, UK Gill heart, UK HealthCare, UofL, UofL health, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, VAD, vascular institute, vice president, vice president of clinical support, wealth of board

Aaron Stewart, MD, Joins Baptist Health Medical Group LOUISVILLE Louisville Baptist Health Medical Group welcomed Aaron Stewart, MD, in January

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Making the Case for Care Continuity

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Donna Ison blood pressure, cancerous lesion, Care continuity, care physician, chi saint, continuity, continuity of care, diabetes, doctor, doctor reach, Gil Dunn Nancy Morris, heart disease, high blood pressure, home patient, image001 photo, inpatient, internal medicine, internal medicine physician, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Laurel, Laurel county, lesion, medicine, medicine physician, Morris, Morris state, Nancy Morris, nurse home patient, outpatient, outpatient set, patient 18, patient advocacy, patient advocate, physician, preteen year, prevalent presentation, prevention, primary care, primary Care associate of London, primary care of London, primary care physician, rarer disease, Sherisa Warren, skin lesion removal, university of Kentucky college of medicine, wide range of complaint

LONDON When primary care physician Nancy Morris, MD, recently met her new colleague, vascular surgeon Sherisa Warren, DO, she was

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Special Section 

Healthy at Home

February 1, 2021April 14, 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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Close to His Heart

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Jim Kelsey Avi Eres, balloon technique, become co-owner, become co-owner of Kentucky cardiology, begin of the story, blockage, busy hospital, cardiology, cardiology fellowship, central Tel Aviv, co-owner, co-owner of Kentucky cardiology, Daniel Boone clinic, drug-coated stents, early balloon technique, early love of medicine, end of the story, endovascular technique, Eres, groin, heart care, heart disease, high prevalence, high prevalence of coronary disease, high prevalence of obesity, improvement of cardiac care, interventional cardiology fellowship, Kentucky, Kentucky cardiology, Lexington, Md., medical school, Mubashir Qazi, obesity, open heart surgery, open-heart, patient-centered, PLLC, prevalence, prevalence of extreme case, preventative, preventative therapy, private practice, single blockage, stent, stents, Stents offered good expansion, Stents offered good expansion of the vessel, surgery, technology of drug-coated stents, trans-radial

LEXINGTON You could say it was in his blood. With a mother who was a nurse, Avi Eres, MD, was

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