Cardiovascular Diseases in Florida

Services

Division of Cardiovascular Diseases staff treats people who have disorders of the heart, arteries, veins and lymph vessels (cardiovascular diseases), including:

• Abdominal aneurysm
• Adult congenital heart disease
• Aneurysms
• Angina/angina pectoris
• Aortic aneurysm
• Aortic dissection
• Aortic regurgitation
• Aortic stenosis
• Arrhythmias
• Arrhythmic ablations
• Arterial aneurysm
• Arterial occlusive disease (atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries)
• Arteriovenous malformations
• Atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries)
• Atrial fibrillation
• Atrial flutter
• Atrial septal defects
• Bradycardias
• Buerger's disease
• Bypass surgery
• Cardiac resynchronization therapy
• Cardiomyopathies
• Cardiovascular disease prevention and rehabilitation
• Carotid bruits
• Cerebrovascular disease
• Chest pain
• Chest pain syndromes
• Cholesterol management (cholesterol, L(p)_a, triglycerides)
• Coarctation of the aorta
• Congenital valve diseases (stenosis or insufficiency) aortic, mitral, pulmonary, tricuspid
• Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
• Constriction/constrictive pericarditis
• Coronary artery spasm
• Coronary artery disease
• Coronary calcification
• Cor triatriatum
• Dependent edema
• Ebstein's anomaly
• Eisenmenger's syndrome
• Endothelial dysfunction
• Fainting
• Hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis)
• Heart attack (myocardial infarction)
• Heart catheterization
• Heart failure
• Heart transplant
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Lipid management (cholesterol, L(p)_a, triglycerides)
• Long QT syndrome
• Lymphangitis
• Lymphatic obstruction
• Lymphedema
• Marfan syndrome
• Mitral regurgitation
• Mitral stenosis
• Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
• Myocarditis (eosinophilic, giant cell or viral)
• Patent ductus arteriosus
• Pericardial effusion
• Pericarditis
• Peripheral arterial disease
• Pulmonary edema
• Pulmonary embolus
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Pulmonary regurgitation
• Pulmonary thromboembolic disease
• Pulmonary stenosis
• Rheumatic heart disease
• Sclerotherapy
• Sudden cardiac arrest
• Supraventricular tachycardias (SVTs)
• Syncope
• Syndrome X
• Tachy-Brady syndrome
• Tachycardias
• Tamponade
• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Thoracic aortic aneurysm
• Thoracic outlet syndrome
• Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm
• Transposition of great vessels
• Tricuspid regurgitation
• Tricuspid stenosis
• Univentricular heart
• Valvular heart disease
• Varicose veins
• Vascular disorders
• Vascular ulcerations
• Vasculitis
• Vasospastic disorders including Raynaud's
• Venous aneurysm
• Ventricular aneurysm
• Ventricular fibrillation
• Venous incompetence/insufficiency
• Venous obstruction and clotting
• Venous stasis
• Venous thrombosis
• Ventricular assist devices (VADs)
• Ventricular septal defect
• Ventricular tachycardia (VT)
• Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW)
• Wound/vascular ulcer healing

Diagnostic services and treatments available include:

• Anticoagulation management (blood-thinning medication, including warfarin, low molecular weight heparin and others)
• Arrhythmia clinic
• Cardiac catheterization
• Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Program
• Coronary angioplasty and atherectomy
• Diastolic function analysis
• Echocardiography
• Electrocardiography and electrophysiology services
• Endomyocardial biopsy
• Exercise prescription and risk-factor counseling
• Holter monitoring with ST segment shift detection
• Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) placement and follow-up
• Implantable device placement, programming, testing and follow-up
• Intra-aortic balloon pump insertion
• MUGA scan
• Multiplane transesophageal studies
• Nuclear cardiology procedures
• Pacemaker implantation and follow-up
• Pericardiocentesis
• Peripheral vascular medicine consultation
• Sestamibi first pass/perfusion studies
• Stent insertion
• Stress studies
• Telephone telemetry
• Thallium viability studies
• Transcatheter ablation therapy (radiofrequency ablation)
• Treadmill and bicycle exercise testing
• 2D and Doppler studies
• Vascular laboratory
• Venous stocking fitting, Jobst pumping for edema