Adult Services, Heart & Vascular

Diagnosing heart disease in women

afdfd The notion that heart disease is a man’s disease can be misleading. Women are at greater risk for heart disease than men, yet their symptoms more often are overlooked by physicians — and women themselves are twice as likely to write off symptoms of myocardial infarction as stress, anxiety or panic attack. Physicians need…

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Heart, Pediatric Services

Growth, more sophisticated care mark 2021 at Norton Children’s Heart Institute

This has been a momentous year for Norton Children’s Heart Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine. We’re completing our first full year officially integrated with the former UofL Pediatrics – Cardiology practice, which doubled the size of our team. We now can provide all aspects of pediatric cardiology care in-house, including heart failure…

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Heart, Pediatric Services

Cardiologist aims to prevent and treat acquired heart disease in children

Preventive cardiologist Amy E. DiPietro, M.D., is joining Norton Children’s Heart Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, as part of an expanded effort to arrest and prevent acquired heart disease in children. Dr. DiPietro, who also specializes in caring for children with congenital heart defects, heart failure and heart transplants, will work alongside…

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Adult Services

Louisville’s first Spanish-English bilingual clinic opens

Norton Community Medical Associates – La Clínica Preston, Norton Healthcare’s first 100% bilingual practice, is now open in Okolona. The facility features staff and providers who understand the unique concerns of Louisville’s Latinx community and families. Though translation services have always been available at Norton Healthcare facilities, an office equipped with trusted employees who bridge…

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Adult Services, Heart & Vascular

Quick stenting procedure repairs ruptured AAA

Visiting Louisville on a business trip, Rob Priest thought he might have come down with a terrible case of food poisoning. The pain was so bad that he called 911 from his hotel. When Rob arrived by ambulance at Norton Audubon Hospital, he learned the truth was far worse than a tainted meal. Rob had…

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Adult Services, Cancer, Health Equity, Pulmonary

Narrowing racial and ethnic disparities among lung cancer patients

Black Americans have the highest death rate and shortest survival rate of any racial or ethnic group in the U.S. for most cancers, according to a 2019 study. Lung cancer is the second most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in Black adults, according to the same study. The rate of new…

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Adult Services, Heart & Vascular

Catching that small percentage of young people with a dangerous heart condition

When someone 35 or younger complains of symptoms concerning for heart disease, such as palpitations, shortness of breath or chest pains, we see them at the new Norton Heart & Vascular Institute Young Adult Cardiology Clinic, located on the campus of Norton Brownsboro Hospital. More and more young people come to us anxious about their…

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NMG, Pediatric Services

December 2021 Norton Children’s Medical Group New Providers

Aakriti Bhargava, M.D. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Victoria Magloire, M.D. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Esper Wadih, M.D. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Jessica Stone, PA-C Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Chelsea Sabelhaus, APRN Pediatric Cardiology

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Adult Services, Cancer

Stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) for oligometastatic disease

Stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) is playing an important role in treating oligometastatic patients with breast, lung, colorectal and prostate tumors, according to a review of published literature. With each of these cancers, SABR showed benefits for oligometastatic patients, defined as one to five metastases in one to three organs. SABR gives some patients with…

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Adult Services, Heart & Vascular

VAD program established and thriving with strong outcomes

An update from Kelly C. McCants, M.D., medical director of the Norton Heart & Vascular Institute Advanced Heart Failure & Recovery Program and executive director of the Institute for Healthy Equity, a Part of Norton Healthcare This has been a momentous year for Norton Heart & Vascular Institute’s Advanced Heart Failure & Recovery Program. We…

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Adult Services, Heart & Vascular

Reducing heart patient readmissions with intentional follow-up care

Using scheduled, intentional touch points for follow-up care, Norton Heart & Vascular Institute is aiming to drive down the readmission rate for heart failure patients and those who’ve had open heart surgery. Mindful that heart failure readmissions typically happen in the first two weeks after discharge, all three touch points take place in that time…

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Adult Services, NMG

December 2021 Norton Medical Group new providers

Jeffrey M. Goldberg, M.D. Gynecologic Oncology Danielle Baumgarten, APRN Urgent Care Lauren Bowlin, APRN Urgent Care Jamie Cannady, APRN Urgent Care Tess C. Quinlan, APRN Pulmonology Jessica Samson, APRN Urgent Care Amanda Floyd, LCSW Behavioral Medicine Briseyda E. Alas, LCSW Behavioral Medicine Janice D. Bolling, LCSW Behavioral Medicine Taylor Haynes, LCSW Behavioral Medicine

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