Virginia Heart and Vascular Institute (VHVI) offers comprehensive services for the full range of heart and vascular illnesses. Physicians and clinicians work closely together in integrated teams to diagnose, treat and supervise patients' recovery. Our integrated teams combine decades of experience with up-to-the-minute innovation to deliver the most effective care.

At VHVI, we offer patients so much more:

• Virtually all of the cardiac and vascular services that are needed are in one convenient location.
• The latest technology and techniques in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease right here in the Fredericksburg area.
• A highly skilled, board certified team of cardiologists, surgeons and interventional radiologists working together to provide the most effective and efficient care.
• The benefit of leading edge research done locally and the ability to participate in clinical trials without traveling for hours.

VHVI In the News

MWHC Heart Failure Program Recognized

Cheri Basso, Program Coordinator of the MWHC Heart Failure program, contributed to Press Ganey’s most recent newsletter about the REACH program.  REACH stands for Rehabilitation, Education, Assessment and Care for Heart Failure. It is part of a comprehensive heart failure program that was begun in 2008 after Mary Washington leaders compared the hospital’s 32.6% readmission rate for heart failure to the national average of 25%.

Read the entire article, “Success with Heart Failure,” at the Press Ganey January/February 2012 newsletter.

Our Goal

Our goal is to improve cardiovascular care in our local community by providing high quality, comprehensive and integrated services, including:

• The area's only open heart surgery program
• The only thoracic surgeon within 50 miles
• Our region's only cardiac imaging facility

There is no need to leave town for superior heart care VHVI does it all close to home.

Virginia Heart & Vascular Institute
at Mary Washington Hospital
1201-B Sam Perry Blvd.
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
540-741-2172 or 888-288-0045