Harmony Heart Group

A cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in preventing, diagnosing and treating disorders of the heart. The training required to become a cardiologist is quite rigorous. Students are required to complete four years of undergraduate school, four years of medical school, three years of residency,three years of a fellowship and two additional years if one [...]

February is American Heart Association Heart Health Month. The main thrust of this year’s AHA campaign is to have individuals focus on “knowing their numbers” so that they can participate in maintaining their heart health. Despite advances in technology and pharmaceuticals, the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the United States continues to rise. With current conditions, it [...]

Have you heard about the new Coronary CT Angiography?  This is the most exciting advancement in cardiac imaging to date.  Coronary CT (Compute Tomography) Angiography is an exciting non-invasive technology which can help patients and their doctors to diagnose cardiovascular problems early and comfortably.  Earlier detection leads to earlier treatment.  Earlier treatment usually means “easier” and more successful [...]

Do you experience cramping in your calves with walking?  Do you have a sore on your lower leg or foot that isn’t healing?  Then you may have PAD and not know it! Most people are familiar with the signs  and symptoms of heart disease. Heart disease’s less-known sibling, Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) is hardening of the arteries which supply [...]

From time to time, changes in accepted medical practice occur. Here is an example of such a change. As cardiologists, many of our patients have valvular heart disease. Frequently the problem is a mild one, either mild narrowing or mild leakage of a valve. While such minor conditions rarely affected peoples’ day to day lifestyles, in the [...]