Kathy Whitney Archive — Page 24 of 25

A smiling woman in a hospital gown sits beside a man wearing a dark baseball cap and gray shirt in a hospital room.
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
A person submerged in a blue dunk tank beneath a wire cage; a yellow Balloon Media, Inc. backdrop is visible behind it.
August 9, 2012

Photo: Making a splash

By Kathy Whitney
An elderly woman with white hair sits in a padded chair wearing a hospital gown and a blanket, with a red pillow reading “VANDERBILT HEART” on her lap and a blue IV port taped to her hand.
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
Portrait of an older man with dark hair wearing a suit, white shirt, and patterned tie against a brown background.
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
Portrait of a man in a white medical coat and red patterned tie.
July 12, 2012

Minimally invasive therapy eases some pulmonary embolism

By Kathy Whitney