valve – MD Update

Special Section

Fast-Tracking Results for Heart Patients

May 1, 2019June 21, 2019 Maggie McCombs aortic stenosis patient, bicuspid valve degeneration, bowl green medical center, Bowling, Bowling green Jerry Roy, calcium buildup, cardiologist, clinic, critical-care patient, dysfunctional aortic valve, Fast-Tracking result, Gil Dunn Jerry Roy, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert clinic, heart team, help of local cardiothoracic surgeon, image001 photo, inpatient surgery, interventional cardiologist, Jerry Roy, Kentucky practice, local cardiothoracic surgeon, local medical center, Mohammad Abdoul Waheed, native aortic valve 's place, open heart surgery, open-heart, preferred treatment age, procedure, promise procedure, replacement valve, Roy, southwestern Kentucky practice, stenosis, stenosis patient, structural cardiologist, structural nature of the disease, surgery, TAVR, TAVR program, TAVR program 's inception, trans-femoral, trans-femoral route, transaortic, transaortic valve replacement, treatment age, TriStar Greenview, TriStar Greenview regional hospital, valve, valve 's place, Wallace Carter

BOWLING GREEN Jerry Roy, MD, of Bowling Green, Kentucky. has served southwestern Kentucky practices for a few years. He is

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Combining a Forward Focus and Committed Care

March 1, 2018May 8, 2018 Donna Ison ablation, advance field, advanced cardiac surgery, AFIB, Ahmad Chaudhry, area of the southeastern united state, cardiac electrophysiologist, cardiothoracic, cardiothoracic surgeon, Cardiothoracic surgery, care physician, carotid artery disease, catheter, Chaudhry, Chaudry, commitment, dialysis access, difficult situation, ECMO, El Sabbagh, electric activity, electrophysiologist, electrophysiology, endocarditis, fellowship, fellowship mentor, Firas El Sabbagh, flu, forward focus, heart attack, heart disease, heart healthcare, heart of saint, heart rhythm disorder, heart surgery, heart valve, Henry Clay high school, Igor Voskresensky, implantable device, important aspect of vascular surgery, incredible impact, infection, Joe Omielan, Joseph, Joseph hospital, Joseph hospital 's heart, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health network, lung, lung cancer, lung transplantation, medicine, mentor, minimally-invasive, minimally-invasive repair, Opioid, opioid crisis, pacemaker, peripheral arterial disease, photo, physician, plan two, primary care physician, procedure, residency, respiratory failure, rhythm, Robert Salley, Salley, Salley state, selfless approach, SJH, specialty, state of Kentucky, state-of-art image, study of electric activity, superior heart healthcare, surgeon, surgery, surgery fellowship, surgical career, surgical reconstruction, tobacco, transplantation, valve, Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt university, vascular care department, vascular care department of saint, vascular department, vascular fellow, vascular specialist, vascular surgeon, vascular surgery, vascular surgery fellowship, Voskresensky, Voskresensky treat, wide range of heart rhythm disorder, word commitment

LEXINGTON When interviewing four of the physicians from the heart and vascular care department of Saint Joseph Hospital (SJH), the

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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

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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

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Bulding a Better Cardiac Surgery Program

March 1, 2016 Jennifer S. Newton Ahmad Kahn, aorta, aorta program, aortic dissection, aortic valve replacement, arrhythmia, artery, artery disease, avoid transfusion, baptist cardiac surgery, baptist health, bypass, bypass graft, cardiac surgeon, cardiac surgery, cardiac surgery program, cardiac tumor, cardiology, cardiology colleague, Christiana Care, clinic, complex pathology, complex pathology of the heart, complex valve repair, comprehensive heart surgery program, coronary disease, diffuse coronary artery disease, dissection, excellent extension, Floyd, Floyd memorial heart, Floyd memorial hospital, general surgery residency, genuine team approach, get patient, good cardiac surgery program, graduate of new York medical college, graft, heart surgery, heart surgery program, Hopkins county hospital, iceberg, impact of the operation, improve option, incision, invasive cardiac surgery, invasive procedure, invasive valve repair, Kentuckian, khan, khan 's experience, Louisville, LVADs, mammary artery, manager of the Trover clinic, monitor post-op patient, N.Y., native of Argentina, new Albany, new member of baptist cardiac surgery, open heart surgery, operate room, outcome, page 13-14, Pagni, pain control protocol, paradigm, patient 's hospital, patient 's individual need, perfusion technique, photo, physician, pollock, private cardiac surgery practice, procedure, replacement, Samuel pollock, Sebastian Pagni, step-down unit, surgeon, surgery, surgery practice, surgery program, surgery residency, TAVR, TAVR program, team approach, thoracic aorta program, tip of the iceberg, transcatheter, transfusion, treatment philosophy, treatment plan, trio of cardiac surgeon, Trover, Trover clinic, true team approach, valve, valve repair, valve replacement, ventricular remodel

LOUISVILLE When it comes to complex pathologies of the heart, and the growing number of technological advancements used in treatment,

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Events – May 2015

May 1, 2015 MD-Update Staff Andrew H., anesthesia, anesthesiologist, answer question, assistant, assistant professor, assistant professor of medicine, awareness, Beaumont, cardiologist, clinic, Colleen Knoop, courtesy, Doc, Doc event, eligibility, eligibility criterion, federal poverty level, Floyds fork egg lawn, free health screen, free walk, H., health screen, healthcare provider, heart valve team, Henderson MD, hospital heart valve team, hybrid operate room, improve awareness, improve awareness of the disease, interventional cardiologist, Jewish hospital, Jewish hospital heart valve team, Kathrin LaFaver, Kentuckiana, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne health neurology associate, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Lexington Parks, Lexington raise awareness, Lexington surgery center, Lexington-Fayette county health, Louisville, Louisville KentuckyOne, Louisville KentuckyOne health, Louisville physician, Louisville walk, medicine, movement disorder specialist, nationwide program, neurology, new location, new patient eligibility criterion, outpatient, Parkinson, Parkinson 's awareness month, Parkinson 's disease, Parkinson support center, Parkinson support center of Kentuckiana, Parklands of Floyds fork egg lawn, passport health plan, Paul Kearney, photo, physical activity, physician, physician neurology, poverty level, procedure, professor, Shawnee Park, Shillito Park, Stephanie, surgeon, surgery, TAVR, TAVR procedure, thoracic surgery, twitter, U, university of Louisville physician, update, valve, Warren Chumley, Wayne Graff, YMCA of central Kentucky

Walk with a Doc Events in Louisville and Lexington Raise Awareness for Parkinson’s Disease LOUISVILLE KentuckyOne Health with the Parkinson

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Land of Opportunity

March 1, 2015 Jennifer S. Newton additional fellowship, artery, artery bypass graft, busy transcatheter program, bypass, cardiac surgery, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiopulmonary bypass, cardiothoracic surgery fellowship, cardiovascular surgeon, cardiovascular surgery division, celebrity-laced, celebrity-laced city, celebrity-laced city of Los Angeles, chief of U, coronary artery, coronary artery bypass graft, CT surgery program, endocarditis, executive director of cardiovascular service, female adult cardiac surgeon, general surgery residency, graft, groundbreaking opportunity, Grubb, Grubb 's experience, Grubb 's father, healthcare system work, heart care, heart disease, heart surgery, heart surgery program, high risk, hybrid revascularization, impact factor, inoperable patient, interventional cardiologist, interventional cardiology, invasive heart surgery program, invasive procedure, J., Jewish hospital, Kendra, Kendra J., Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, L., lad, laker, land of opportunity, left anterior descend, left internal mammary artery, Lima, Louisville, Louisville Ask, Louisville physician, Mark slaughter, MHA, MitraClip, mortality, off-pump, old boy 's club, onset of managed care, opportunity, orthopedic surgeon, outcome, patient 's life, physician, preschool mind, procedure, residency, revascularization, Robert Burge, rural pacific northwest, saphenous, severe symptomatic aortic stenosis, stenosis, sun-soaked, surgeon, surgery, surgery division, surgery residency, TAVR, TAVR program, Teresa Ray, Tom Fougerousse, transcatheter, transcatheter program, transcatheter therapy, typical ideology, typical ideology of preschool mind, U, U of L., university of Louisville physician, USC, UVA, valve, valve team

LOUISVILLE Ask most three-year-olds what they want to be when they grow up, and you will likely get the typical

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Special Section

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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Special Section

Four-Part Harmony

February 1, 2014 Jim Kelsey assistance of trained staff, betterment, betterment of patient, blend of specialty, cardiac patient, cardiac surgery complement, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiothoracic, cardiothoracic surgeon, catheter, cohesive system, Dermot Halpin, Dr. Nezar Falluji, expert care, FACS, Falluji, FDA, Four-Part harmony, four-person, four-person physician team, four-physician, four-physician approach, FSCAI, game changer, Halpin, Hamid Mohammadzadeh, heart of the matter, heart surgeon, heart surgery, heart team, heart team 's approach, heart valve, high risk, ideal balance of opinion, implantation, incision, invasive heart surgery, Joseph, Joseph hospital, Joseph team, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne health heart team work, life blood pump, Michael Schaeffer, MIHS, Mohammadzadeh, Nezar Falluji, operate room, overall expertise, overall expertise of the entire team, percutaneous heart valve, physician, procedure, Schaeffer, skill of interventional cardiology, specialty, stenosis, surgeon, surgery, TAVR, team approach, time of the procedure, traditional heart surgery, transaortic, transaortic valve replacement surgery, treatment of cardiac patient, unique team approach, unison, valve, valve stenosis

LEXINGTON A healthy heart has a beat and a rhythm all its own, four chambers working in unison to keep

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News – Oct 2013

October 1, 2013March 22, 2017 MD-Update Staff $, acupuncture, advanced heart failure, atrium, baptist health, Bolli, cardiology, cardiovascular research, cardiovascular service, catheter, catheter-based, catheter-based technology, clip, Corbin, Diabetes & Endocrinology, donor, emergency, emergency medicine, exam, exam room, Excelera, Excelera Corp., Excelera network, executive director, executive director of cardiovascular service, experience life-altering symptom, first-in-state, health system, heart 's left atrium, heart 's mitral valve leaflet, heart association, HHS, hospital medicine program, invasive MitraClip procedure, invasive open-heart surgery, ischemic, ischemic heart disease, Jagger, Jessup, Joseph, Joseph heart institute, Joseph physician, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Lexington, life-altering symptom, life-saving heart procedure, limited-distribution, limited-distribution drug, Louisville, Louisville department, medical group, medication, medicine, member organization, mesa, MitraClip, MitraClip procedure, Mr, national specialty pharmacy network, new life-saving heart procedure, News, open heart surgery, open-heart, ophthalmology, organ, organ donation, orthopaedic surgery, patient 's care, pediatrics, pharmaceuticals, pharmacy, physician, procedure, provider, quality of life, recognition, Richmond, Robert Salley, SEC, small metal clip, specialty, specialty drug, specialty pharmaceuticals, specialty pharmacy, specialty pharmacy network, sport medicine, stem cell, surgery, TAVR, team physician, TeamHealth, therapy, Trans catheter, UK department, university of Louisville, university of Louisville department of pediatrics, UofL, valve, WHAS, WHAS crusade

Saint Joseph Performs First-in-state MitraClip Procedure LEXINGTON The Saint Joseph Heart Institute, part of KentuckyOne Health, has successfully completed a

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