advanced heart failure
Building a Future
Alberto Gomez is the owner of a Washington, D.C.-based construction company who has always enjoyed good health, and who has…
On a New Mission
Leading up to this summer’s opening of the Nancy and Harold Zirkin Heart & Vascular Hospital at MedStar Washington Hospital…
TAVR is used for high-risk aortic stenosis patients. Why not everyone?
As recently as 15 years ago, if you had severe aortic stenosis but were considered too ill or weak to…
LVAD origins: A lifesaving heart device, 30 years in the making
In 1988, MedStar Washington Hospital Center became one of the first four hospitals in the United States to implant a…
Living with an LVAD: 5 tips to make it easier
Many heart failure patients rely on left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), which are amazing medical implants that pump blood throughout…