Norton Hospital Information

Norton Heart & Vascular Institute, a part of Norton Healthcare, is the Louisville area's leading cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment program. Each year, Norton Heart & Vascular Institute provides diagnostic, medical, interventional and surgical care for thousands of patients from Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Norton Heart & Vascular Institute specialists treat patients at Norton Healthcare's four adult-service hospitals and numerous diagnostic outpatient and specialty centers throughout Greater Louisville. Each facility is accredited through the American College of Cardiology's Accreditation Services, which ensures the highest-quality standards for diagnostic services. All four of Norton Healthcare's adult acute-care hospitals are accredited by the American College of Cardiology's Accreditation Services as Chest Pain Centers, with the highest accreditation level possible for facilities able to treat heart attacks. Three of these facilities, Norton Audubon Hospital, Norton Brownsboro Hospital and Norton Hospital, serve as regional PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention) receiving centers and participate in the state's first regional STEMI program, providing 24/7 heart attack care for patients from throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Norton Heart & Vascular Institute offers a nationally recognized advanced heart failure specialist with expertise in the management of end-stage heart failure, mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation. Norton Heart & Vascular Institute Resource Center at Norton Women's & Children's Hospital is among the first in the nation offering diagnostic and educational services dedicated exclusively to heart disease in women.