Posts Tagged ‘ihvi’
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.…
Read MoreLoudoun Half Races Produced by the Ashburn Area Running Club presented by Inova Heart and Vascular Institute – Schaufeld Family Heart Center
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…
Read MoreInova’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…
Read MorePower to the Patient at Inova Heart & Vascular Clinical Trials Unit
Power to the Patient Spotlight on the Clinical Trials Unit at Inova Heart & Vascular Institute in Falls Church, VA Clinical trials are used to explore new procedures, medications and processes that have the potential not only to treat patients struggling with an ongoing condition, but also to move medicine forward for patients in the…
Read MoreHeart CT Scans Spot Signs of Coronary Heart Disease
Alireza Maghsoudi, MD, specializes in general, nuclear and preventive cardiology. He is board certified in cardiovascular disease and nuclear cardiology as well as adult comprehensive echocardiography and cardiovascular tomography. He is co-director of Cardiac CT Screening at the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute. Read Dr. Maghsoudi’s profile. Recently, my colleagues and I treated a…
Read MoreLoyal vascular patient travels 13 hours to receive care at Inova Loudoun Hospital’s heart and vascular center
A Journey to Better Health For one Missouri man, care at Inova Loudoun’s Heart and Vascular Institute is worth the 13-hour trip By now, Jim Miller and his wife Teresa practically know by heart the route from their home in Hannibal, Missouri, to the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute – Schaufeld Family Heart Center at…
Read MoreJimmy Kimmel Put Congenital Heart Disease In The Spotlight. At Inova’s Children’s Heart Program, All CHD Kids Are Stars.
Lucas R. Collazo, MD, is the Medical Director of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery at Inova Children’s Hospital. He is board-certified in thoracic, cardiac and pediatric cardiac surgery and is a member of Inova Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery. He practices with the Inova Children’s Heart Program and the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute and has a special interest in congenital…
Read MoreThe GALILEO Trial: Inova Researchers Study New Drug Therapy for Heart Patients
Matthew W. Sherwood, MD, is board certified in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease and internal medicine. He practices at the Inova Schar Heart and Vascular. Read Dr. Sherwood’s profile. Starting in March, we began enrolling patients in a first-of-its-kind study to compare drug therapies for patients who have had transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR. As…
Read MoreLoudoun Half Races 8k, Half Marathon, Fun Run, LoCo Challenge
Produced by the Ashburn Area Running Club 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 fourth running of the Loudoun Half & 8k on April 22 and 23. New for 2017 are the LoCo Challenge, an opportunity to…
Read MoreWomen: Take note of heart attack risk factors and symptoms
Women, Have a Heart February is American Heart Month. Ladies, to celebrate the occasion, make healthy life choices and pay close attention to heart attack risk factors and symptoms. Heart Disease Risk Factors Several traditional risk factors, such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity, family history and age, affect both women and men, but…
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