As more children with congenital heart disease survive into adulthood, primary care physicians are managing a growing population of adults with these conditions. Chief among the new challenges presented by these patients is an elevated risk of sudden cardiac death. Sudden cardiac death accounts for about 25% of all mortality in patients with congenital heart…
The patient A 54-year-old man with chronic severe pulmonic regurgitation due to history of valvar pulmonary stenosis, the patient had a Brock procedure at age 8. Right heart failure symptoms included dyspnea, early satiety, ascites and peripheral edema, qualifying as New York Heart Association Class III heart failure. A cardiac MRI showed a severely dilated…
Norton Children’s Neuroscience Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, has issued the following statement for community providers regarding the use of leucovorin in autism. There has been increasing public interest in leucovorin (also called folinic acid or known by the brand name Wellcovorin) as a possible treatment for autism. This information was devised…
Pediatric board-certified orthopedic surgeon Jennifer M. Brey, M.D., brings nationally recognized expertise in youth anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury management to Norton Children’s Orthopedics of Louisville, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine. Specializing in physeal-sparing and physeal-respecting ACL reconstruction, Dr. Brey offers referring providers a trusted partner for managing complex sports injuries in skeletally…
When Norton Children’s Neuroscience Institute , affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, first introduced Surgical Theater technology, it revolutionized how neurosurgeons approach complex brain procedures. Now, this same leading-edge, 3D visualization technology is making waves in cardiac care, opening new possibilities for treating the most challenging congenital heart conditions. The foundation of innovation: Neuroscience…
The patient A 33-year-old female presented with progressive exertional intolerance, peripheral edema, nausea and vomiting. Cardiac history included tricuspid atresia with normally related great vessels with severe pulmonic stenosis (single ventricle heart disease). She underwent staged surgical palliations with a left modified Blalock-Taussig shunt procedure in infancy followed by bilateral, bidirectional Glenn procedure, and finally…
Norton Children’s Orthopedics of Louisville surgeons recently performed the world’s first implantation of a novel device for correcting scoliosis in young children. The device is an advancement from traditional growing rods and harnesses the body’s natural spinal growth. Surgeons with Norton Children’s Orthopedics of Louisville, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, are the only surgeons in…
Norton Healthcare and Norton Children’s are now contributing vital resources to diabetes research efforts nationwide. As a new member of the Integrated Islet Distribution Program (IIDP), the Norton Islet Cell Research and Transplant Program, housed within Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute, supplied its first round of human pancreatic islet cells to researchers across the country, including…
Logan M. Eberly, M.D., an adult congenital heart disease cardiologist, serves patients across both Norton Heart & Vascular Institute and Norton Children’s Heart Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine. He brings expertise but also a unique dual perspective to adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) care that is maximizing outcomes. Growing need for specialized…
Norton Children’s has been named Kentucky’s No. 1 children’s hospital and ranked nationally in eight specialties in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals 2025-2026. Norton Children’s nationally ranked specialties include: The recognition comes on the heels of Norton Children’s announced plans for a new 150-acre pediatric health campus in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, which will…
The patient A 4-year-old child with complex form of long QT syndrome needed surgical revision of her implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) due to device malfunction. Long QT syndrome is a congenital heart condition that predisposes affected patients to suddenly develop serious heart rhythm disturbances (for example, ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation) that can be life-threatening. In addition to taking…