Kathy Whitney

August 9, 2012

Time was critical for new mother’s heart surgery

Two weeks after giving birth to her second child on July 10, 31-year-old Samantha Neal began to experience chest pain. Initially diagnosed with a gall bladder issue in her local ER, her true diagnosis would prove much more serious and potentially life-threatening.

By Kathy Whitney
August 9, 2012

Photo: Making a splash

By Kathy Whitney
August 2, 2012

VHVI reaches milestone in heart valve procedures

Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute recently performed its 100th transcatheter aortic heart valve-replacement (TAVR) on 91-year-old Murline Westover from Lavinia, Tenn.

By Kathy Whitney
August 2, 2012

Vanderbilt mourns loss of Friesinger

Gottlieb C. (Bud) Friesinger II, M.D., professor of Medicine, emeritus, and the first director of the Division of Cardiology, died July 28. He was 83.

By Kathy Whitney
August 2, 2012

Heart Walk seeking team captains

By Kathy Whitney
July 12, 2012

Minimally invasive therapy eases some pulmonary embolism

By Kathy Whitney
April 13, 2012

Study examines sleep apnea’s role in lung diseases

Vanderbilt’s idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis research group is embarking on a study to determine the prevalence of sleep apnea in people with other interstitial lung diseases.
By Kathy Whitney
January 5, 2012

VHVI at Williamson Medical Center set to open

By Kathy Whitney
January 5, 2012

Study uses art to spur patients to walk after surgery

By Kathy Whitney
January 3, 2012

Vanderbilt Heart at Williamson Medical Center opens Jan. 6

By Kathy Whitney
December 6, 2011

Study points to personal treatment for atrial fibrillation

Individuals with atrial fibrillation who have a particular genetic variant respond better to rate control therapy.
By Kathy Whitney
October 31, 2011

Lung disorder drug regimen found harmful

Longtime treatment for IPF ineffective and even dangerous.
By Kathy Whitney