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An advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist cares for people whose heart failure no longer responds to conventional therapies and symptom management. Heart failure specialists perform procedures, manage complex treatments, including ventricular assist devices, and provide advanced heart care for people before and after heart transplant surgery.
A heart failure cardiologist typically:
- Evaluates a patient’s medical and heart history, and explains heart failure and its management to patients and their families
- Performs a physical exam including assessing the heart, lungs, and blood vessels
- Orders and interprets laboratory, imaging and other tests including EKG (electrocardiogram, or ECG), echocardiogram, and cardiac catheterization
- Determines if a patient is a good candidate for a heart transplant or for devices that help the heart pump more effectively
- Prescribes medications and cardiac rehabilitation, performs advanced heart treatments, and manages patients before and after heart transplant
- Treats and monitors conditions that worsen heart disease and heart failure, such as high blood pressure, smoking, and high cholesterol
- Evaluates and manages potential heart donors
- Provides end-of–life care
- Works closely with complex care teams to provide optimal care. Teams include transplant surgeons, transplant coordinators, pharmacists, social workers, psychiatrists, dietitians, specialized nurses, and cardiac rehabilitation specialists.
Advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologists may also be known as cardiologists, heart failure specialists, heart failure cardiologists, and heart transplant cardiologists.
There are 3 specialists practicing Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology in Chattanooga, TN with an overall average rating of 4.8 stars. There are 3 hospitals near Chattanooga, TN with affiliated Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology specialists, including Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West, Ochsner Medical Center and Parkridge Medical Center.
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- 2339 McCallie Ave Ste 300Chattanooga, TN 374042.5 miles awayPatients Tell Us:
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Biography: Alison Bailey, MD, earned her medical degree from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, where she also served an internal medicine residency and was chief medical resident. She pursued additional training through a postgraduate fellowship in cardiology at the University of Kentucky, where she also served as chief cardiology fellow. Prior to joining Centennial Heart at Parkridge, Dr. Bailey was associate chief of cardiology, medical director of cardiovascular ambulatory practice, and medical director of preventive cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation at Erlanger Health System. Her rigorous training also equipped her to serve in academic capacities at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga, where she was chief of academic cardiology and program director of the cardiovascular diseases fellowship.Dr. Bailey has earned board certification in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology, adult echocardiography, cardiovascular diseases, internal medicine and advanced cardiac life support. A distinguished researcher, Dr. Bailey has authored or co-authored numerous publications, books and book chapters, posters and presentations.
Dr. John Biglane, MD
Specialty: Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology2501 Citico Ave # 400AChattanooga, TN 374042.8 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
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Dr. Alison Bailey, MD
Specialty: Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology2339 McCallie Ave Ste 300Chattanooga, TN 374042.5 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
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Biography: Alison Bailey, MD, earned her medical degree from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, where she also served an internal medicine residency and was chief medical resident. She pursued additional training through a postgraduate fellowship in cardiology at the University of Kentucky, where she also served as chief cardiology fellow. Prior to joining Centennial Heart at Parkridge, Dr. Bailey was associate chief of cardiology, medical director of cardiovascular ambulatory practice, and medical director of preventive cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation at Erlanger Health System. Her rigorous training also equipped her to serve in academic capacities at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga, where she was chief of academic cardiology and program director of the cardiovascular diseases fellowship.Dr. Bailey has earned board certification in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology, adult echocardiography, cardiovascular diseases, internal medicine and advanced cardiac life support. A distinguished researcher, Dr. Bailey has authored or co-authored numerous publications, books and book chapters, posters and presentations.
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Specialty: Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology2501 Citico Ave # 400AChattanooga, TN 374042.8 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
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