So interesting to follow the phenomenal progress of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)! Now quite routine for next day discharge (NDD). We published in JAHA that NDD appears to be safe and associated with favorable outcomes and low readmission rates within 1 year after…

The Inova Schar Heart and Vascular Team led by Wayne Batchelor, MD and Behnam N. Tehrani, MD performed the first ultrasound guided uRDN. We are pleased to offer this cutting-edge therapy for resistant hypertension.
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Congratulations Dean Harrington! ❤️🧡💛

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“The Multidisciplinary ♥️ Team in Cardiovascular Medicine: Current Role & Future Challenges” led by Wayne Batchelor, MD where we discuss the history behind & role of the ♥️ team in the Mx of complex CV conditions!

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Thrilled to have been accepted to the American College of Cardiology Clinical Trials Research Program. Forever grateful to Athena Poppas, MD FACC & J Dawn Abbott for their sponsorship & excited to learn from incredible peers & faculty. Wayne Batchelor, MD Tracy Wang Dr Roxana Mehran Pamela S Douglas Melvin R. Echols, MD, FACC, FHFSA, FASPC

Yesterday, the FDA panel voted in favor of transcatheter tricuspid repair using Abbott's Triclip device to treat severe tricuspid valve regurgitation (TR). This, in concert with the recent approval of Edwards' Evoque transcatheter valve replacement system, advances the field…

Special Episode Minority Leaders Podcast
Algene Sajery, Kelly Epps, MD, Suzanne Walker
raise awareness of heart disease, the silent killer that disproportionately affects Black women
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Today is MLK Day. Please take the time to think about what you are personally doing to promote his message of justice, peace, and equality for all. We all have influence - use your's wisely!

I start this year, yet again humbled by one of my daughters, Nadia Batchelor, who while helping with a project taught me about UX/UI design! I had no idea of the incredible power and ubiquity of UX/UI. Not a week goes by without bright young people like Nadia and others teaching…

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all! Please take the time to pray for peace for an increasingly complicated and conflicted world and commit yourself to do whatever you can to make it better in 2024. More than ever before, we need love, leadership and understanding!

Congratulations to Recor for being the first approved renal denervation system!! Good news for our patients and the field of hypertension!

Join us September 15-16, 2023 for this year's Inova Cardiovascular Symposium! inovacvsymposium.com. Discussing the latest on treatment advances, innovation and research across a wide spectrum of cardiovascular diseases. Amazing line-up of speakers and topics. Sign up now!

Dr. Kelly Epps and coauthors of a recent INOVA-SHOCK Registry in JSCAI reported sex-related differences in cardiogenic shock outcomes. jscai.org/article/S2772-…. Kelly Epps, MD Behnam N. Tehrani, MD Abdulla A. Damluji, MD, PhD Christopher O'Connor MyJSCAI Alex Truesdell @IHVInews Inova

Our study in JSCAI examined the influence of sex, race/ethnicity and diabetes mellitus on outcomes following coronary artery stenting. Diabetic minority women found to be at highest risk of 1-year major adverse events. Findings speak to the importance of creating diverse research…

Drs. Raghav Gattani (Raghav Gattani), Carolyn Rosner (@cmrosner), & Behnam Tehrani (@behnam_tehrani), show how recent studies have demonstrated the merits of team-based care with regionalized shock networks in improving outcomes in cardiogenic shock. citoday.com/articles/2023-…

Proud to contribute to this JACC: CV Interventions manuscript, authored by Dr. Mirvat Alasnag, Dr. Bina Ahmed and multiple members of the ACCIC and CV Team Sections. Raises awareness of the carbon footprint created from the daily activities of CCLs. Healthcare needs to think…

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Honored to enjoy a day of terrific interventional cardiology sessions at Cardioalex meeting in Alexandria, Egypt among friends, including international thought leaders! @IHVInews Inova Christopher O'Connor American College of Cardiology #accic Dipti Itchhaporia, M.D., MACC , FAHA, FESC CardioAlex Conference Edward Fry