IHVI
Complex Course of Treatment Showcases Inova Heart Team’s Approach
With treatment and services from cardiogenic shock to cardiac surgery, advanced heart failure, interventional cardiology, advanced cardiac imaging, nursing and case management services, IHVI has built a comprehensive care team to support critically ill patients from the time they come to the hospital, throughout their time in intensive care, to release from the hospital and…
Read MoreCoordinated Treatment Saves Patient from Double Amputation
For several years, Cynthia Martin, 54, had been working as a federal police officer in Southern Maryland. When the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily shut down most industries in March 2020, she found herself far less active than usual. In January 2021, she noticed a sore on her left heel that wasn’t going away. She tried nursing…
Read MoreMultiple Arterial Grafts for CABG Surgery Offer Significant Benefits
Kathleen Petro, MD is a board certified Thoracic and Cardiac Surgeon with Inova Heart and Vascular Institute. Over the last several years, Inova’s cardiac surgery team has focused its efforts on improving outcomes for patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery through the use of multiple arterial grafts. Currently, more than 60% of our…
Read MoreNew Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Procedures at Inova Alexandria Hospital
Mount Vernon and Alexandria-area Patients Can Now Get Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Procedures Closer to Home Alexandria, VA — Inova Alexandria Hospital recently started performing atrial fibrillation (AFib) ablation procedures. AFib is the most common heart rhythm problem, also known as an arrhythmia, and is often identified by patients experiencing chaotic, rapid or irregular heartbeats. Ablation…
Read MoreInova’s Multidisciplinary AFib Center Improves Patient Outcomes and Satisfaction
Brett Atwater, MD, D’Aniello Chair, Atrial Fibrillation, Section Chief, Electrophysiology, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular is a specialty care physician board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine and clinical cardiac electrophysiology. Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common arrhythmia worldwide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 12.1 million people in…
Read MoreFindings of Major Clinical Trial Support Inova’s Approach to Treating Critical Limb Ischemia
A recent clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health concluded that vascular bypass surgery offers better outcomes than endovascular techniques for certain patients at risk for limb amputation caused by critical limb ischemia (CLI). Vascular surgeons at Inova Heart and Vascular Institute (IHVI) helped to develop many of the CLI bypass techniques that…
Read MoreLimb Preservation and Wound-Healing Treatments for People with Diabetes
Richard F. Neville, MD, is Associate Director of the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Inova. He also serves as Co-Director of the Limb Preservation Program. He is board certified in vascular surgery and is a distinguished fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery. People with diabetes face…
Read MoreInova Saves Debbie’s Life Three Times: Lifesaving Actions in Stroke and Heart Care
(Editor’s note: Inova is a leading heart and stroke care health system in Northern Virginia. It’s one of the few in the region that performs mechanical thrombectomy. This specialized neurosurgical procedure treats certain types of strokes with minimally invasive methods. This story shows comprehensive stroke emergency response in action.) The day Debbie Hembree had a…
Read MoreAll Five Inova Hospitals Receive Straight ‘A’s from the Leapfrog Group for Nine Consecutive Periods
Falls Church, VA – Inova is proud to announce that once again, all five hospitals have earned “A” Hospital Safety Grades from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization with a 10-year history of assigning letter grades to general hospitals throughout the United States. The grades are based on a hospital’s ability to prevent…
Read MoreImproving Outcomes with a Regionalized Systems of Care For Cardiogenic Shock Treatment
Behnam N. Tehrani, MD, is the Co-Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories for Inova Fairfax Medical Campus and Co-Director of Inova Heart and Vascular Institute’s Cardiogenic Shock Program. He is board certified in interventional cardiology and cardiovascular disease. Cardiogenic shock is a time-sensitive and challenging condition to treat – the heart suddenly cannot pump blood to…
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