VCU experts available to discuss topics for Heart Month

By Frances Dumenci and Eliza Winston

Experts at Virginia Commonwealth University are available to speak with the media about a variety of topics related tothe leading cause of death for both men and women — heart disease.

• Bethany Denlinger, M.D., is a women’s heart health expert. She can speak about the risk factors and symptoms of heart disease in women as well as the diagnostic and treatment options now available.

 

• George Vetrovec, M.D., conducts research on improving the management of coronary artery disease, particularly related to catheterization and interventional therapies. He currently serves as a consultant to the FDA New Cardiovascular Devices Panel.

 

• Kenneth Ellenbogen, M.D.,is involved in the development of new treatments for patients with atrial fibrillation. These therapies include new procedures to prevent strokes without having to take blood thinners and treatments to find and burn or freeze the sites in the heart where atrial fibrillation originates.  

 

As a major academic research institute, VCU also can provide sources from numerous other cardiology researchers. You can read bios of all our experts here.