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Among First in Nation to Perform Revolutionary Tricuspid Valve Replacement

St. Luke’s Heart and Vascular team became the first in the region to perform a transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) using the revolutionary Edwards Lifesciences EVOQUE Tricuspid Valve Repl...

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Cardiac Patient Avoids Surgery

Mike Pittaro, Ph.D., 58, has a stressful job. He’s the director of corrections for Northampton County, and he teaches and writes books on the side. So, when he felt lousy for a few weeks, with some mi...

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SLUHN Invests in AI-Enabled MRI Technology from GE HealthCare

GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC), a leading medical technology innovator, and St. Luke’s University Health Network of Bethlehem, Pa., a nationally recognized nonprofit healthcare network, announced that S...

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Pioneering AI-Enhanced Screening Technology for Early Diagnosis of Heart Disorders

St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) heart specialists are first in the Lehigh Valley region employing advanced artificial intelligence technology, combined with echocardiograms, to detect and...

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First in Region to Provide Novel Treatment for Avoiding Lower-Extremity Amputations

St. Luke’s physicians are offering a new minimally invasive procedure that offers hope to persons facing likely amputation of a lower extremity due to a permanently blocked artery, called chronic limb...

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First in the Lehigh Valley to Offer Novel Non-Invasive Test for Heart Disease

Heartflow FFR-CT Analysis can help more accurately determine if a person with suspected coronary artery disease should be treated for heart disease. St. Luke’s University Health Network now offers a ...

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Stroke Patient Saved by 2nd Opinion

Michole Pignato, a teacher, credits St. Luke’s physicians with saving her life when an artery in her brain was on the brink of rupture. Pignato, 43, of Northampton, was out to dinner with her teenage ...

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Sherry Haas Gets Life-Saving Cardiac Care

Sherry Haas from Lehighton believes that a series of small miracles saved her life. Last October, Sherry felt something was very wrong and called 911. Jason Peters, an EMT with Palmerton Community Amb...

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Promising Research to Stabilize Growth of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

St. Luke's vascular surgeons were the first in the Northeast to enroll a patient in a research study that could revolutionize the care of patients with small to medium-sized abdominal aortic aneurysms...

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St. Luke's is first in region to offer innovative treatment for uncontrolled high blood pressure

St. Luke's Bethlehem Campus recently treated the first patient in the Lehigh Valley with a new renal denervation (RDN) procedure designed for individuals with uncontrolled high blood pressure. On Dec...

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Longest Serving Employee on Record at Miners Campus

On January 6, 2025, Betty Benulis, RN, will celebrate a half-century of employment at St. Luke’s Miners Campus, a milestone that no other employee of the Coaldale hospital is known to have reached. Sh...

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Heart Team Debuts Tiniest Device for Detecting Micro-Vessel Disease

St. Luke's University Health Network's interventional cardiology team recently debuted the Abbott PressureWire X, the tiniest device ever made for measuring the health and function of the mini-arterie...

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New Larger Cardiovascular Unit

St. Luke’s University Health Network has opened a new, larger Cardiovascular Unit at its Bethlehem Campus for the care of patients recovering from heart surgery. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on ...

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New Incisionless Bypass Treatment for Blocked Leg Arteries

St. Luke’s University Health Network vascular surgeons are first in the area to offer a new, incisionless procedure that restores blood supply to the leg by bypassing long, chronic total blockages in...

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First to Offer New Pulsed Field Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

St. Luke’s cardiac electrophysiology team is first in the Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania to offer Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA), a new and improved treatment for atrial fibrillation (afib)....

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Local Pastor Hikes with Granddaughter Thanks to Expert SLUHN Heart Care

When Rick Edmund conquered the hike up a butte in South Dakota’s Custer State Park with his granddaughter last year, he had a big smile on his face and offered a huge shoutout. Rick, 75, pastor at Cha...

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Stroudsburg Woman Grateful for Helping her Overcome Heart Health Scare

At 47, Alisa Tongg was shocked to learn she had been living with a hole in her heart since birth. Tongg credits the excellent care she received from doctors, nurses and staff at St. Luke’s University ...

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Heartbreak Literally Causes Local Woman to Flatline

Shai Gray took her son to the St. Luke’s Miners ER to be treated for a dog bite in early September 2023, unaware she would need medical resuscitation at the same time after apparently suffering a rare...

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