Cardiology & Heart Institutes
Bon Secours — Advanced Heart Failure Center, St. Mary's
Specialized heart failure care in Richmond
Bon Secours — Advanced Heart Failure Center, St. Mary's is recognized for high-quality, patient-focused, comprehensive heart failure care. Our program focuses on improving quality of life and heart failure outcomes through expert medical treatment. We additionally offer surgical treatment for advanced heart failure with implantation of the newest generation left-ventricular assist device. Early referrals for LVAD evaluation lead to improved surgical and long-term outcomes of LVAD therapy.
Our doctors and advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs) serve patients from Richmond, Henrico, Short Pump and surrounding communities. The team is located in Medical Office Building South on the campus of the Bon Secours — St. Mary’s Hospital.
Care & Treatment
Why choose Bon Secours for your heart?
Our advanced heart failure experts in Richmond provide comprehensive treatment of advanced heart failure. We offer compassionate leading–edge care. This includes the latest medical and surgical treatments.
Led by a board-certified advanced heart failure cardiologist, our program uses a team-based approach to the care and treatment of advanced heart failure. Our program is recognized as one of the top LVAD programs in the nation. We also offer outpatient IV diuretic treatments to manage fluid buildup and prevent ER visits.
The convenient location near the West End provides in-patient and out-patient procedures and a full set of healthcare services including dialysis, imaging, labs, a pharmacy and cardiac rehabilitation. If you live closer to the East End, our sister location at Memorial Regional can help.
Other services we offer
| Evaluation and management of heart failure | Genetic testing for cardiomyopathies and arrhythmias |
| Specialized treatment for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy | Referring provider for novel heart failure treatment technologies |
| Research trials for new heart failure therapies | Remote heart failure monitoring |
| Outpatient diuretic clinic | Cardiopulmonary exercise stress testing |
| Cardiogenic shock management | Left-ventricular assist device implantation |
| Coordination with transplant center for transplant workups | End-of-life counseling and palliative inotropic support |
| Support groups for patients and caregivers |