Structural Heart
Heart Health
Emory Heart and Vascular Center Implants 500th Lifesaving Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
First used in the 1960s, the ventricular assist device supplies mechanical circulatory support by pumping blood from the ventricles, or lower chambers of the heart, to the rest of the body. Because the device...
Heart Health
Advanced Technology in Emory Decatur Hospital’s New Cath Lab Makes an Impact
New technology can often improve lives – and in medicine, advances in care and technology can give patients more options, faster recovery, and better outcomes.
At Emory Healthcare, investments in new technology are a priority...
Heart Health
Mental Stress Poses Serious Risks to Heart Health
Talking about stress is a common event in Emory Healthcare’s heart clinics. When talking with patients about heart disease risk factors or the causes of a recent heart event, Puja K. Mehta, MD, FAAC,...
Interventional Cardiology
Heart Surgery One Day, Home the Next – Thanks to TAVR
John Plageman figured they were just symptoms of age. Sure, he was feeling some numbness in his left hand and some slight chest pain, the latter of which he chalked up to indigestion. And...
Heart Failure
Minimally Invasive Robotic Heart Surgery: A Patient’s Journey
Emory Healthcare patient Bruce Kraselsky wants anyone who needs coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery to know that a much less invasive option exists, with outcomes as good or better than open-heart surgery. The...
Structural Heart
Aortic Stenosis
The aortic valve is tremendously important, controlling blood flow from the heart to the rest of the body. In aortic stenosis, the valve does not open fully, restricting blood flow from the heart. In...
