“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 […]

Procedures like embolization can be repeated with very minimal side effects and patients really have good results, affirms Dr. Ripal Gandhi, Interventional Radiologist with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute. When physicians treat a patient, they are looking at three things: the extend of the patient’s disease, the performance status and the patient’s liver function. Then, […]

Cardiology Dietitian and Preventive Heart Health Nutritionist Michelle Routhenstein is a Preventive Cardiology Nutritionist, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, and Cardiology Dietitian. Michelle’s goal is to inspire people to take an active role in their health by raising knowledge of heart disease and its risks. She has more than a decade of experience working […]

Physician Assistant with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute