Conditions We Treat

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) causes thickening of the walls of the heart, which affects the ability of the heart to effectively pump blood flow to the rest of the body.

Mitral valve disease happens with the mitral valve between the two left chambers of the heart (the ventricle and atrium) do not work properly. Either regurgitation (blood flows backward) or stenosis (blood is not pumped properly out of the heart) occurs.

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) occurs when the mitral valve, the heart valve that prevents the backflow of blood from the left ventricle to the left atrium of the heart, flops back into the left atrium for various reasons. MVP is fairly common and usually involves no or very little leaking in the heart.

Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) is a rapid heart rate that occurs periodically. Paroxysmal means that it happens intermittently, or from time to time.

The pleural space is the small area containing fluid between the two layers of thin covering that protects the lungs. A common type of pleural disease is a pleural effusion, when there is an abnormal amount of fluid around the lungs caused by different medical conditions. While most pleural effusions aren’t serious, some require treatment to prevent them from becoming more serious.

Renovascular hypertension is a type of high blood pressure (hypertension) caused by the narrowing of one or both of the blood vessels connected to the kidneys. The same fatty plaques that damage artery walls and cause heart disease can be at fault, along with other conditions. The narrowing (stenosis) can cause severe high blood pressure and kidney damage. Symptoms include severe high blood pressure, high blood pressure that doesn’t respond to medication or stops responding when it did previously, and high blood pressure with no family history.

There are two major types of stroke: hemorrhagic and ischemic. A hemorrhagic stroke refers to bleeding occurring in the brain or in the space surrounding the brain (subarachnoid hemorrhage). An ischemic stroke occurs when there is occlusion of a blood vessel, resulting in lack of blood supply to an area of the brain and death of brain tissue (infarction).

Thoracic aortic aneurysm is weakening and/or bulging in the upper part of the aorta, the major blood vessel that branches off from the heart and carries blood to the body. Caused by high blood pressure (hypertension), connective tissue disorders and genetics, the aneurysm can rupture (dissection), causing a life-threatening emergency.

Venous disease (insufficiency) occurs when the valves in the leg veins do not work as they should, either blocking blood flow down the legs or allowing backflow leakage. 

Ventricular arrhythmias begin in the heart's lower chambers, called the ventricles. Normally, a resting heart should beat between 60 and 100 times per minute. When a ventricular arrhythmia occurs, the ventricles beat abnormally fast -- up 300 beats per minute. Unlike an atrial arrhythmia, ventricular arrhythmias can be the most severe and life-threatening arrhythmias.