Emory Women’s Heart Center

Through this pandemic, our employees have shown commitment and dedication to our hospital and our patients. We are grateful for their compassion, collaboration,... and courage. Thank you for giving our patients and community hope and bringing light during these times of uncertainty. You are true heroes! #MercyInAction See more

Since the 1960s, pregnant women have been urged to receive vaccines against influenza and other diseases. These women are generally cautioned against live vacci...nes, which contain weakened pathogens. Even so, the benefits of live vaccines outweigh the risks in some situations, said Dr. Denise Jamieson, an obstetrician at Emory University in Atlanta and a member of A.C.O.G.’s committee on Covid vaccines. We have a long track record of giving pregnant women vaccinations, and nearly all vaccinations are very safe, Dr. Jamieson said. https://www.nytimes.com//coronavirus-vaccine-pregnant-brea

Emory's Dr. Walter Orenstein is one of three leading experts on vaccination and COVID-19 urging Americans and the U.S. government to be vigilant against anti-va...ccination advocates and their "rumors, misinformation and conspiracy theories in a fractured media universe." A commentary he co-wrote appears in EClinicalMedicine on Thursday. https://links.emory.edu/5G See more

56-year-old man presenting with shortness of breath, NYHA III and severe aortic regurgitation #jacccasereports Background previous non-Hodgkin lymphoma ex...tensive irradiation of the chest and resection of the right lower lobe of the lung porcelain aorta AVB surgery 2007 by implantation of a conduit bearing a mechanical 21-mm bi-leaflet prosthesis from the left ventricular apex to the descending thoracic aorta via left-sided thoracotomy Dr Unbehaun & colleagues performed TAVI with a 23-mm LOTUS Edge prosthesis with the help of HEARTguide procedural simulation : https://lnkd.in/dTbD2Mc #interventionalcardiology #jaccjournals #cardiology #cardiovascular #transcatheter