World Class Cardiac Care
A Heartbeat Away
Remarkable care. Right from the start.
The CardioVascular Institute at Washington Adventist Hospital - a superior collection of people, procedures and place - has provided the Washington Metropolitan Area with leading edge, state-of-the art procedures with skill, compassion and experience for the past 25 years. The hospital was the first in D.C. area to perform numerous cardiac procedures, including mitrial valvuloplasty and a number of sophisticated types of echocardiography.
Remarkable Care. Right from the heart.
Currently, the hospital is Montgomery County's first complete Cardiac Care Center, performing nearly 600 open heart surgeries and more than 8,000 heart catherizations each year. In scope, experience, technology and professional staff, the CardioVascular Institute at Washington Adventist Hospital provides a level of care unsurpassed by any cardiology program in the Maryland suburbs.
On November 30, 2005, Dr. Mark Turco, Interventional Cardiologist and Medical Director of the Center for Cardiac and Vascular Researchat Washington Adventist Hospital, was the featured expert on the Today Show's special series, Saving Your Life: Modern Medical Miracles. The series features breakthroughs in medical technology that can mean the difference between life and death. Dr. Turco shared his clinical and research expertise in a segment entitled "Simulators to Teach Medicine" and taught Today Show co-host Matt Lauer to perform a simulated cardiac catheterization. Story Continued
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Washington Adventist Hospital has begun performing a revolutionary new type of surgery that can correct atrial fibrillation (AF), a common form of heart rhythm abnormality and a major cause of stroke. The procedure, called The Mini-Maze, offers new hope to AF patients for whom no reasonable cure now exists.
Washington Adventist Hospital is currently the only center in the mid-Atlantic region offering this procedure which is available at only a handful of sites around the country.
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