Simon Maltais Archive — Page 1 of 1

Hands holding a bright red heart-shaped object, overlaid with an electrocardiogram-style heartbeat line and a faint grid; a blurred person appears in the background.
March 19, 2015

New research group oversees studies in advanced heart failure

Vanderbilt’s Department of Cardiac Surgery has developed an Advanced Heart Failure Clinical and Translational Research Group that serves as a central research resource for advanced heart failure surgeons and cardiologists.

By Kathy Whitney
Medical illustration showing a HeartWare left ventricular assist device inside the chest, with a pump connected to the heart by a white tube and cables extending upward.
April 17, 2014

New heart pump allows minimally invasive approach

Sometimes smaller is better. This is especially true of left ventricular assist devices, the mechanically operated heart pumps that are implanted in heart failure patients to bridge them to transplantation.

By Kathy Whitney
A physician in a white coat holds a blue echocardiography probe beside a bedside monitor displaying an ultrasound interface in a clinical room.
July 18, 2013

Technology allows bedside look inside patients’ hearts

Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute physicians are taking advantage of new technology in critical care that allows them to quickly visualize the patient’s heart at the bedside.

By Kathy Whitney
Seven ventricular assist device team members, including physicians, nurse practitioners, and registered nurses, stand together in a hospital corridor.
January 9, 2013

VHVI first in state to implant new ventricular assist device

On Monday, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute became the first heart program in Tennessee to implant the HeartWare ventricular assist system (VAS) as a bridge to transplantation.

By Kathy Whitney
Physical therapist assistant Kelly Staie works with patient Anthony Nolan, seated in a wheelchair, during a rehabilitation session. Nolan’s extended leg is supported while Staie applies or adjusts a brace.
August 23, 2012

Multiple procedures, devices help heart patient pull through

After Stacey Browning, R.N., a Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit charge nurse, got a report on a heart attack patient who was being transported to her unit from an outside hospital, her immediate thought was, “They are sending us a patient we are not going to be able to recover.”

By Kathy Whitney
Stylized blue human torso viewed from the front with a glowing red heart illustration over the chest.
January 5, 2012

Number of heart transplants at VUMC on rise

By Jessica Pasley