NORFOLK — "Medically, there's no explanation of why I'm alive,” Rufe Vanderpool told me as we sat down to talk about his heart. You wouldn’t know it just by looking at him, but Rufe Vanderpool is a ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Heart disease remains the leading cause of death, according to the CDC. And to bring awareness to February being Heart Month the Sentara Heart Hospital in Norfolk is illuminating the ...

Sentara Norfolk (Va.) General Hospital-Sentara Heart Hospital. The region’s first designated Magnet hospital, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is home to the nationally ranked heart program at Sentara ...

Sentara Heart Hospital in Norfolk, Va., part of Sentara Healthcare, has performed the state’s first donation after circulatory death — a novel heart transplant method that allows surgeons to revive a ...

The Sentara rmh Heart and Vascular Center will host the free heart health seminar, “Matters of the Heart,” at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 11 at the JMU Festival Conference and Student Center. The seminar will ...

NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sentara Heart Hospital is breaking new ground in cardiac care and treatment. Surgeons and Cardiologists at Sentara Heart Hospital are first to ...

I’ve long thought we are lucky to live in an area with ample and competent health care. From Sentara Obici to Chesapeake General, Sentara Leigh to Portsmouth Naval Medical Center, Bon Secours Maryview ...

Chesapeake Regional Medical Center has dodged a fight over plans for an open-heart-surgery center after Sentara agreed to drop any opposition. The quiet standoff over the heart center led the two ...

HAMPTON, Va. — Sentara Careplex Hospital in Hampton is offering a different type of prescription, a heart-healthy food box. Sentara has partnered with the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank to offer 10 to 20 ...

NORFOLK, Va. — "They don't know where they're at in the hospital. They're scared you know, they're crying,” said Vanderpool. There are many stressful moments for patients at Sentara Heart Hospital in ...

The American Heart Association Hampton Roads recently honored the Sentara Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance program with its 2023 R. Bryan Grinnan, M.D. Memorial Research Award. The award was ...