Latest Virginia Interventional & Vascular Associates Stories
FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A painless screening exam that provides early warning of risks for heart attacks and strokes is now available to patients in the Fredericksburg area, physicians with Virginia Interventional & Vascular Associates (VIVA) announced today. The carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) screening exam is used at major medical centers to detect early signs of atherosclerosis, a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, explained Dr. R....
FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Legs for Life will be held 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at Medical Imaging of Fredericksburg. Participating medical organizations will provide free screenings to patients who have pre-registered for the event, evaluating them for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Legs for Life screenings across the nation each September raise awareness about vascular disease, which can lead to heart...
FREDERICKSBURG, Va., June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Check-in paperwork is becoming a thing of the past for patients at Virginia Interventional & Vascular Associates (VIVA), which has introduced the Phreesia(TM) check-in system at its practice, said Jennifer Dawson, NP-C, VIVA director. Instead of clipboards with pages of questions, patients are provided computer tablets that they take back to their seats to answer questions electronically. VIVA joins a growing number of...
FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, Feb. 14, Virginia Interventional & Vascular Associates (VIVA) physicians will begin seeing patients at their new location in the Professional Plaza of Lee's Hill, near US 1 north of the I-95 Spotsylvania exit. The building also is home to Medical Imaging at Lee's Hill and Mary Washington Healthcare's Emergency & Outpatient Center - Lee's Hill. VIVA is the interventional radiology and vascular surgery practice...
FREDERICKSBURG, Va., March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Treatments for varicose veins and spider veins have advanced significantly in recent years. Most patients can be treated as outpatients and return to everyday activities within hours. Yet the qualifications of physicians providing vein treatments play an important role in patient outcomes, said Dr. R. Donald Doherty, Jr., board certified interventional radiologist with Virginia Interventional & Vascular Associates (VIVA). Physicians who...
FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Radiologic Associates of Fredericksburg (RAF) has added four diagnostic radiologists and one vascular surgeon to its practice, which comprises 34 physicians serving Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Southern Prince William and nearby counties. The group provides services to two hospitals and five outpatient centers. "It is extraordinary for a region outside of a metropolitan area to have such an expansive group of board-certified,...
FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Patients with acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) develop potentially dangerous blood clots and can suffer severe leg pain and swelling. Doctors with Virginia Interventional & Vascular Associates (VIVA) report success over the past two years in treating acute DVT patients with a procedure called isolated pharmacomechanical thrombolysis (IPMT), which destroys clots much faster than traditional therapies. VIVA performs the two-hour, minimally...
