Dr. Stephen K Ball M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
5209 Vanderbilt Heart Mce 5th Floor 1215 21st Ave. South Nashville TN, 37232About
Dr. Stephen Ball is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Nashville, TN. Dr. Ball specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Ball typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
Univ of Ms Sch of Med, Jackson Ms 1987
Board Certification
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Coronary artery bypass in patients 80 years and over: is off-pump the operation of choice?
- Concanamycin and indolyl pentadieneamide inhibitors of the vacuolar H+-ATPase bind with high affinity to the purified proteolipid subunit of the membrane domain.
- Milrinone use is associated with postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery.
- Regulation of thromboxane receptor signaling at multiple levels by oxidative stress-induced stabilization, relocation and enhanced responsiveness.
- Results of completion arteriography after minimally invasive off-pump coronary artery bypass.
- Postoperative acute kidney injury is associated with hemoglobinemia and an enhanced oxidative stress response.
- Quantitative Imaging of Preamyloid Oligomers, a Novel Structural Abnormality, in Human Atrial Samples.
- Hypertension is associated with preamyloid oligomers in human atrium: a missing link in atrial pathophysiology?
- Transcatheter Leadless Pacemaker Implantation for Complete Heart Block Following
- Thoracoscopic Atriclip Closure of Left Atrial Appendage After Failed Ligation via LARIAT.
- Complete fusion of a percutaneous aortic valve placed after ventricular assist device.
Treatments
- Aortic Stenosis, Heart Problems, Heart Bypass Surgery (cabg) And More
Dr. Stephen K Ball M.D.'s Practice location
Dr. STEPHEN BALL, MD
5209 Vanderbilt Heart Mce 5th Floor 1215 21st Ave. South -Nashville, TN 37232Get Direction
KNOXVILLE, TN 37923Get Direction
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