Heart, Neurosciences, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare, Sports Health, Stroke

I’m not the same person after my stroke

You wouldn’t look at Robert Taylor and think he survived a stroke. The 56-year-old is a poster child for good health. He ran the Boston Marathon, completed three Ironman competitions…

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Cardiology, Heart

Noninvasive 3D imaging of arteries gives cardiologists more information

Cardiologists have another tool to help determine how to help patients with symptoms of coronary artery disease, by modeling the blood flow through their arteries to predict how cholesterol buildup…

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Heart, Heart Attack, Heart Failure

UK HealthCare’s Gill Heart & Vascular Institute expands heart failure, transplant services in collaboration with Norton Heart & Vascular Institute

UK HealthCare (UKHC) and Norton Heart & Vascular Institute are announcing a collaboration to expand advanced heart failure, ventricular assist device (VAD) placement and heart transplant services to Kentuckians. Heart…

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Cardiology, Heart, Norton Now

How to know if you have high blood pressure

The only reliable sign of high blood pressure is the data gathered by a blood pressure cuff. There are rarely outward symptoms of high blood pressure, unless you are severely…

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Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Heart, Interventional Cardiology

Father, son advancing heart care at Norton Heart & Vascular Institute

Not long after joining Norton Heart & Vascular Institute, interventional cardiologist Daniel Rothschild, M.D., was working on a challenging case to install a stent in a patient’s artery. The patient…

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Heart, Sports Health

Heart damage in college athletes after COVID-19 infection

A collaboration between Norton Healthcare, the University of Louisville and Bellarmine University aims to evaluate student-athletes for heart damage after having the COVID-19 virus. Norton Healthcare is uniquely positioned to…

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Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Heart, Heart Failure

Seeing lives transformed drives advanced heart failure specialist Bassel Alkhalil, M.D.

Bassel Alkhalil, M.D., was a medical resident and unsure what path to take in medicine when a dramatic case changed his life. While he was training at a Baltimore hospital,…

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Atrial Fibrillation, Heart

Atrial fibrillation (A-fib) isn’t life-threatening, but can cause conditions that are dangerous

Atrial fibrillation (A-fib) is a heart rhythm condition that isn’t life-threatening, but can lead to other conditions such as stroke and heart failure, so it should be taken very seriously….

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Heart, Interventional Cardiology

What is a calcium score?

A coronary calcium scan is a test for people who have no symptoms of heart disease but may be at borderline or intermediate risk for getting it. The test uses…

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Cardiology, Heart, Women’s Heart Program

Why chest pain in women is different and shouldn’t be dismissed

Chest pain in women is often different from men’s typical experiences. Also known as angina, heart-related chest pain is the result of a decrease in blood flow to the heart….

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Electrophysiology, Heart

Innovative care to help make patients safer

When Arnold Belker, M.D., went for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan at Norton Brownsboro Hospital recently, he became a medical pioneer of sorts. His cardiac device had to be…

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Heart, Recipes

Recipe: Corn and heirloom radish salad

This quick recipe comes together in about 25 minutes and keeps in the fridge for several days. This can be eaten alone or served on top of fresh salad greens…

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