Cardiovascular Health

Approximately 2,200 Americans die of cardiovascular disease each day – that’s an average of one death every 40 seconds. While you can’t change factors like age and family history, even modest changes to your diet and lifestyle can improve your heart health and lower your risk by 80 percent.

Our experts in Cardiovascular Health

Dr. Harry Aldrich

“It’s an important part for everybody to take part in their own care to prevent heart disease, and the main part of doing that is to be sure that you’re not becoming overweight, keeping your blood pressure under control, and watching your cholesterol not go up,” says Dr. Harry Aldrich, Medical Director, Echocardiography, EKG and […]

Dr. Barry Katzen

Founder & Chief Medical Executive of Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute

Dr. Sergio Villegas

Vascular Surgeon with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute

Samantha Chen

Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States. Samantha Chen, Registered Nurse at West Kendall Baptist Hospital, says the majority of the people she sees have high cholesterol. “All of the advantages in the preventive space and in the treatment space with angioplasty, thrombolytics, defibrillators and transplants have made a huge impact […]

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