With lifestyle modifications and medications, heart failure can be managed. Our team works closely with each patient and their family to design treatment plans that maximize the quality and quantity of life.
We provide medical therapy and management to optimize the benefits of heart failure medication including remote home-based monitoring, specialized testing, and advanced surgical interventions. When conventional medications are not enough, we offer a breadth of investigational medications and devices. Patients in more advanced heart failure may require intravenous medication, an implantable mechanical heart pump (ventricular assist device), or a heart transplant.
Heart transplant patients benefit from our in-depth knowledge as one of the most experienced transplant teams in the Washington, DC region. We performed the area's first heart transplant in 1986 and currently perform 40-45 heart transplants each year for end-stage heart disease patients.
Inova Schar Heart and Vascular is a leader in developing and using VAD/LVAD for patients living with end-stage heart failure. Our program remains one of the busiest in the Mid-Atlantic and has consistently earned The Joint Commission's Advanced Certification for exemplary quality care and service.