Don’t ignore the symptoms: Local man survives after emergency aortic valve surgery at Inova

Living with Heart Swift decision to perform lifesaving surgery pulls retiree through harrowing experience. Expert physicians and surgeons at Inova Alexandria and Inova Fairfax Hospitals evaluated and treated Mr. Fleet with emergency aortic arch and aortic valve replacement. One afternoon last April, Clyde Vogie Fleet was attending a friend’s retirement party at a restaurant in…

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Diet Reduces Heart Disease

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#1 killer of Americans targeted by healthy eating FALLS CHURCH, VA – (March 19, 2013) – March is National Nutrition Month. Eating right not only improves your overall health, it also reduces risk for heart disease – the leading cause of death for both men and women.  Nationally, 600,000 people die of heart disease annually—accounting…

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