heart disease

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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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Special Section 

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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Big Advancements Save the Smallest Patients

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Donna Ison abnormality, big advancement, Charles Mahlinger, Charles Mahlinger fetal echocardiogram, Charles Mahlinger Thomas Tabb, delivery, diabetes, echocardiogram, echocardiograms, extraordinary advancement, fetal echo, fetal echocardiogram, fetal echocardiograms, fetal heart disease, fetus, field of perinatology, gynecology, heart disease, hypertension, image001 photo, image002 photo, incidence, Kentucky, lupus, management of disease, maternal part, Maternal-Fetal, Maternal-Fetal medicine, maternal-fetal medicine department, maternal-fetal medicine fellowship, McMaster, McMaster university, medical director of the maternal-fetal medicine department, medicine, mother 's exist health problem, obesity, obstetrics, Owensboro, Owensboro health, perinatology, pregnant patient, pregnant woman, protocol review, risk factor, Tabb, Tabb care, Thomas Tabb, ultrasound, ultrasound equipment, university of Kentucky college of medicine, university of Tennessee

OWENSBORO With forty years in the field of perinatology, Thomas Tabb, MD, has seen extraordinary advancements, both in technology and

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Events News & Events 

Events – May 2019

May 1, 2019June 21, 2019 MD-Update Staff Anderson, artistic director of the Weill Cornel music, board member of Lexington, circle, circle of Red, circle of red day, circle of red member, clinical professor of psychiatry, commonwealth credit union, composer 's classical work, depression, depression center director, dinner, disorder, Dr., earn undergraduate, Gil Dunn, Gil Dunn circle, Gil Dunn circle of red member, Gil Dunn image002, Gil Dunn image002 photo, Gil Dunn Karen Harbin, Gil Dunn KEENELAND, heart disease, heart walk, image001 photo, image003 photo, image004 photo, image005 photo, increase awareness of heart disease, integrative psychiatry, Jesse Wright, Julliard school, Julliard school of music, Karrie Harper, Keeneland, Keeneland track bugler, Keenland, Kogan, l-r, Lexington, LifeWise, Lisa Edwards, Louisville, mood, Patty Smith, photo, psychiatry, PsyD, red day, red member, Richard Kogan, Robert Schumann, Ruth Devore, Schumann, Tracy monk, UofL, UofL department, UofL department of psychiatry, UofL depression center, UofL depression center present, Weill Cornel, Weill Cornel music, Weill Cornell medical school

LEXINGTON The American Heart Association’s annual Circle of Red Day at Keenland was a warm, sunny April 10, 2019. Circle

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Events News & Events 

Events – Mar 2019

March 1, 2019May 13, 2019 MD-Update Staff American heart association, APRN, auction, ball, baptist health, Berea, Berea area, birth center, cardiology, care unit, central Kentucky, central Kentucky heart, CEO, CEO Andy Henderson, ceremonial ground-breaking, chi, chi saint, Churchill company, clinic, clinic 's new building, clinician, current Lexington clinic facility, Damian Cole, Edward Stanko, encore of Lexington, executive director, featured dinner, Floyd medical group, gala, Gil Dunn Mary, Gil Dunn Terry Deis, ground-breaking, heart association, heart disease, image001 photo, image002 photo, image003 photo, image004 photo, image005 photo, image006 photo, John Sartini, Joseph, Joseph Berea, Joseph Berea foundation, Joseph Berea foundation gala, Joseph Berea physician, Joseph Berea physician of the year, Joseph foundation, Joseph London, Joseph London foundation, Joseph London foundation gala, Joseph London foundation gala of hope, Joseph medical group, Kentucky, Kentucky heart, Ky., Leslie, Leslie smart, level II, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Lexington clinic board, Lexington clinic board of director, Lexington clinic break ground, Lexington clinic facility, Lexington mayor, life fund, Linda Gorton, live music, Louisville, low-income patient, Mary Ellen, Mary Ellen shield, member of Lexington clinic, need of the patient population, Neil Patil, neonatal intensive Care unit, new Lexington clinic, NICU, people of central Kentucky, photo, physician, physician of the year, physician service award, practice clinician, PsyD, Sandra Rose, Shelley Stanko, silent auction, smart, sponsor, Steve Umansky, stroke, successful gala, th year anniversary, th year anniversary of the found of Lexington clinic, UofL, VP, wonderful evening

Lexington Clinic Breaks Ground on New Building LEXINGTON Since 1920, Lexington Clinic has served the people of Central Kentucky, and

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Complementary Care 

The Care Collaborative

March 1, 2019March 21, 2019 Allison Merritt, MPH adult, Allison Merritt, behavior, blood pressure, blood pressure zone, Care, Care coach, Care educational encounter, care patient, coach, DPH, easy-to-use tool, educational encounter, encounter, engagement tool, FQHCs, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert clinic, health behavior, healthy behavior, heart disease, high burden of hypertension, home visit program, hypertension, hypertension 2, image001 photo, Kentucky, Kentucky department, Kentucky heart disease, Kentucky patient, kidney disease 1, lay health professional, lifestyle, lifestyle modification, modification, number five cause, number five cause of death, patient 's blood, patient 's engagement, prevention, risk-reduction, statewide education, stroke, stroke prevention program, tool

As a healthcare professional, you are most likely aware that hypertension is a serious medical condition that increases one’s risk

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Cover Story 

Bariatric Surgery Today

May 1, 2018July 2, 2018 Holly Hinson abdominal surgery, apnea, arthritis, baptist health, baptist health physician weigh, bariatric, bariatric surgeon, bariatric surgery, bariatrics, blood pressure, BMI, board-certified, body weight, certified center, certified center of excellence bariatric surgeon, co-morbidity, continuous monitor, Derek Weiss, diabetes, diet, epidemic of obesity, excellence bariatric surgeon, excess body weight, excess weight, exercise, gastrectomy, general surgeon, Gore, grow field, grow field of bariatrics, grow field of weight loss surgery, health issue, health physician weigh, healthy weight, heart disease, high blood pressure, holistic program, hypertension, Indiana close, invasive laparoscopic procedure, John Oldham, Kentuckiana, Lanny Gore, laparoscopic, laparoscopic bariatric surgery, liver disease, Louisville, Louisville side, Louisville side of the river, magic procedure, medical specialty, misconception, native of Owensboro, normal weight person, obesity, Oldham, overweight place, physician, procedure, sleep apnea, sleeve, surgeon, surgery, unfortunate title, variety of abdominal surgery, weight loss surgery, weight-loss

LOUISVILLE & NEW ALBANY, IN As a state, Kentucky holds the unfortunate title of being one of the fattest of

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