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. Jose A. Martel

Cardiac Electrophysiologist with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute

Dr. Ripal Gandhi

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, […]

Ann DeVelasco

Registered Nurse with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute

Michelle Routhenstein

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 […]

Resources for Cardiovascular Health