Services 

The new Sentara Heart and Vascular Center offers residents in our community the option of receiving advanced cardiovascular care closer to home, including interventional cardiac catheterization and other procedures to treat heart and vascular diseases.

Services include:

Diagnostic cardiac catheterizations

Interventional cardiac catheterizations

Radial Artery Access Cardiac Catheterization 

Pacemaker insertion

Comprehensive cardiac testing:
        - Electrocardiography (EKG) 
        - Echocardiography 
        - Holter Monitor 
        - Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) 
        - Cardiac nuclear medicine procedures 
        - Exercise Stress Testing 
        - Nuclear Stress Testing

Cardiac rehabilitation
The Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs are designed to help you achieve optimum cardiac and pulmonary health through exercise, education and support. Both programs at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center are certified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). Certification by AACVPR recognizes programs that are rigorously reviewed by a national board and found to meet essential requirements for standards of care. A doctor’s referral is required.

Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Treatment of:

• Cerebrovascular Disease
• Deep Venous Thrombosis
• Fallopian Tube Recanalization (Treatment of Female Infertility)
• Mesenteric Vascular Disease
• Peripheral Vascular Disease
• Portal Hypertension (TIPS)
• Renovascular Disease
• Varicocele Embolization (Treatment of Male Infertility)
• Venous Insufficiency

Minimally Invasive Procedures:

• Central Venous Access Catheter Placement (chest port placement)
• Dialysis Access Grafts/Fistulas Management
• Gastrointestinal procedures (gastronomy and gastrojejunostomy tube placement)
• Hepatobiliary procedures (biliary drainage)
• Percutaneous Abcess Drainage
• Percutaneous Image-Guided Biopsy

Minimally Invasive Treatment of Oncologic Disease:

• Image Guided Cryoblation
• Percutaneous Tumor Ablation
• Image Guided Radiofrequency Tumor Ablation
• Selective Internal Radiation

Therapy for Liver Tumors:

• Transcatheter Chemoembolization
• Tumor Biopsies

Minimally Invasive Pain Management Services:

• Facet Injections
• Nerve Blocks
• Kyphoplasty/Vertebroplasty

Diagnostic and Interventional Peripheral Procedures:

• AAA Repair
• Carotid Studies

Vascular Ultrasound Studies:

• Peripheral Arterial Duplex
• Aortoiliac Arterial Duplex
• Mesenteric Duplex
• Hepatoportal Duplex
• Carotid Doppler
• Peripheral Venous Duplex
• Vein Mapping
• Dialysis Shunt Duplex
• Renal Duplex
• Physiologic Arterial Study (Upper and Lower)