Cardiac Vision and ECG screening in Athletes Summer is the time for school physicals and at Cardiac Vision we want all of our athletes from high schools, colleges, professional, or even recreational athletes to be safe. We have partnered up with Who We Play For to do routine ECG’s for athletes aside from the history […]

Physicians tell me to exercise and lose weight, but how? Many of my patients express this concern of having no guidance to reach their exercise goals. The first question I ask my patients  prior giving an exercise prescription is, “What are your goals?” Are you interested in longer life and decreasing your chance of cardiovascular […]

Valve surgery without opening my chest? Yes, Cardiac Vision joined TAVR at Memorial Jacksonville! This is true and cardiac vision has recently joined the TAVR team at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville. Aortic stenosis is a progressive and life-threatening.  Once symptoms appear, untreated patients have a poor prognosis.  Aortic valve disease is responsible for more than […]

Check out Cardiac Vision pictures at the NFL kids camps in Jacksonville and part of USA football- Heads Up Football Program. Two football camps held at Jacksonville were the Mario Butler and Leon Washington Football Camp. There was also the celebrity basketball jam with NFL players such as Dominique Reshard Rodgers-Cromartie, Tony Carter, Leon Washington, […]

Isaiah Austin 2014 NBA prospect career ended due to Marfan’s, how do I know if I have Marfan’s?  These are the type of issues that sports cardiologists deal with in order to make sure that all athletes are healthy enough to compete at a high level. Genetic conditions like Marfan’s can go undiagnosed throughout an […]

Testosterone Level and Heart Disease Since there is so much attention being given to women’s cardiology, I thought I would let people know that men have a heart too and we are different as well. Also, this topic has been becoming a popular in the US.  Most of the information that I will be sharing […]

Cardiac Death is most common reason for deaths in Marathons. Unfortunately, the most common cause of death of for runners in races is cardiac disease. Even though it is rare, people do not realize that this can happen to runners in any age range. Runners in Raleigh for example were fairly young in their mid […]

Why do I need to take blood pressure meds when my blood pressure is normal? One of the great aspects of my practice is working with various age groups and making them understand their cardiac assessment.  I work with many facilities in terms of educating them about prevention.  This question came from a person at […]