Inova Heart Team Tests New, Minimally Invasive Option to Replace Leaky Mitral Valves

Matthew W. Sherwood, MD, MHS, is board certified in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease and internal medicine. He practices at the Inova Schar Heart and Vascular.  The Inova Schar Heart and Vascular has a long history as a leader in treating heart disease. True to that mission, we’re excited to offer an innovative new treatment for patients…

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What You Need to Know About Heart Disease In Women

Subash B. Bazaz, MD, FACC is a board certified cardiologist specializing in general and nuclear cardiology. He is the Director of non-invasive studies at Inova Heart and Vascular Institute – Schaufeld Family Heart Center at Inova Loudoun Hospital and a part of the Virginia Heart group.   February has popularly become known has “Heart Month.”…

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Heart Disease in Women & Men: Can You Spot the Differences?

Kelly Epps, MD, is an interventional cardiologist at the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute. She is board-certified in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease and internal medicine and has a clinical interest in preventative care and women’s heart health.         Behnam Tehrani, MD, is an interventional cardiologist at the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute.…

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Loudoun Half Races Produced by the Ashburn Area Running Club presented by Inova Heart and Vascular Institute – Schaufeld Family Heart Center

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8k, Half Marathon, LoCo Mile, LoCo Challenge Produced by the Ashburn Area Running Club Ashburn, VA – The Ashburn Area Running Club’s Loudoun Half Races, presented by Inova Heart and Vascular Institute – Schaufeld Family Heart Center, is proud to announce the fifth running of the Loudoun Half & 8k on April 21 and 22. The…

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Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death in Young People

Mitchell Cohen, MD, FACC, FHRS, is a board-certified pediatric cardiologist specializing in pediatric arrhythmias, electrophysiology and hereditary causes of sudden cardiac death in children, adolescents and sometimes their parents. He is the co-director of the Children’s Heart Program and director of Pediatric Electrophysiology at Inova L. J. Children’s Hospital. The horror stories pop up every…

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Two Heart Transplants, One Love Story

In 2011 — on the same day — Taylor Givens and Collin Kobelja received heart transplants at Inova Heart and Vascular Institute. A few years later, they started dating. Here’s their story. Valentine’s Day might seem like a silly holiday for some, but for Collin and I, who met at Inova after we received our…

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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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Inova’s heart team gives emergency lifesaving care to a young soldier from Walter Reed

Victory on the Home Front All the way from Kosovo: A U.S. Army specialist with rapidly declining heart function due to infection was transferred via Macedonia, then Germany, then Walter Reed Medical Center, and finally to Inova to receive life-saving care. The extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine took the burden off his heart and lungs…

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