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.

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Our experts in Cardiovascular Health

Dr. Julio Barcena

Cardiologist with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute

Dr. Joshua Harris

Cardiologist and Medical Director for Cardiac Rehabilitation at 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 […]

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, […]

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