Cardiovascular Diseases in Florida

Services

The Division of Cardiovascular Diseases treats problems of the heart, arteries, veins and lymph vessels. Diseases treated and special services include:

• Adult congenital heart disease
  • Atrial septal defects
  • Coarctation of the aorta
  • Congenital valve diseases (stenosis or insufficiency of aortic, mitral, pulmonary, tricuspid valves; congenital aortic stenosis)
  • Ebstein's anomaly
  • Eisenmenger's syndrome
  • Marfan syndrome
  • Patent ductus arteriosus
  • Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Ventricular septal defect
• Arrhythmias (heart rhythm disorders)
  • Atrial fibrillation
  • Atrial flutter
  • Bradycardias — slow heartbeats, including:
    • Fainting (syncope)
    • Tachy-Brady syndrome
  • Tachycardias (fast heartbeats), including:
    • Long QT syndrome (sudden cardiac death)
    • Supraventricular tachycardia
    • Ventricular tachycardia (VT)
    • Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW)
    • Sudden cardiac death in patients with heart artery disease
• Chest pain syndromes
  • Coronary spasm
  • Syndrome X
• Coronary artery disease
  • Angina/angina pectoris (chest pain)
  • Blockages due to hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis)
  • Coronary artery dissection
  • Coronary calcification
  • Heart attacks (myocardial infarction)
  • Spasm
• Heart disease prevention
  • Lipid management
    • Cholesterol
    • L(p)a (lipoprotein little a)
    • Triglycerides
• Heart failure (congestive heart failure)
  • Cardiomyopathies, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HOCM)
  • Pulmonary edema
• Heart surgery
• Heart transplantation
• Leg vein disease
  • Anticoagulation management (warfarin, low molecular weight heparin, etc.)
  • Varicose veins
  • Venous thrombosis
  • Wound/vascular ulcer healing
  • Venous incompetence/insufficiency
  • Venous stasis
• Lymphatic obstruction (lymph drainage abnormalities)
  • Dependent edema
  • Lymphangitis
  • Lymphedema
• Myocarditis
  • Eosinophilic
  • Giant cell
  • Viral
• Peripheral vascular diseases
  • Aneurysms (especially abdominal aortic aneurysms or AAA)
  • Arterial embolism
  • Arterial occlusive disease (arteriosclerosis obliterans)
  • Arteriovenous malformations
  • Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans or TAO)
  • Carotid artery disease, carotid bruits
  • Cerebrovascular disease
  • Intermittent claudication
  • Thoracic outlet syndrome
  • Vascular ulcerations
  • Vasospastic disorders including Raynaud's
  • Other vascular disorders
• Pericardium, diseases of
  • Pericarditis (constrictive pericarditis)
  • Pericardial effusion
  • Tamponade
• Special Services
  • Anticoagulation management (warfarin, low molecular weight heparin, etc.)
  • Arrhythmia clinic
  • Cardiac catheterization, endomyocardial biopsy, coronary angioplasty and atherectomy, intra-aortic balloon pump insertion, pericardiocentesis, stent insertion
  • Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Program
  • Clinical research protocols for new therapies (heart failure, anticoagulation, arrhythmias, etc.)
  • Echocardiography, including 2D and Doppler studies, stress studies, multiplane transesophageal studies and diastolic function analysis
  • Electrocardiography and electrophysiology services; Holter monitoring with ST segment shift detection; phone telemetry; pacemaker function analysis, programming, troubleshooting and follow-up; defibrillator testing
  • Exercise prescription and risk-factor counseling
  • Implantable defibrillator insertion, consultation and follow-up
  • Inpatient and outpatient cardiology consultation
  • Intracardiac electrophysiology studies
  • Nuclear cardiology, including MUGA, sestamibi first pass/perfusion studies, thallium viability studies, diastolic function analysis and regurgitant fractions
  • Peripheral vascular medicine consultation (arterial disease, venous disease, lymphatic disease, anticoagulation, hypertension, hyperlipidemia)
  • Permanent pacemaker insertion and consultation
  • Transcatheter ablation therapy (radiofrequency ablation)
  • Treadmill and bicycle exercise testing
  • Vascular laboratory
  • Venous stocking fitting, Jobst pumping for edema
• Valvular heart disease (rheumatic, congenital)
  • Anticoagulation (managing Coumadin therapy)
  • Aortic regurgitation
  • Aortic stenosis
  • Heart valve surgery
  • Mitral regurgitation
  • Mitral stenosis
  • Pulmonary regurgitation
  • Pulmonary stenosis
  • Tricuspid regurgitation
  • Tricuspid stenosis
• Women's heart disease