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Heart Treatments

Heart Treatments We Offer at Our San Diego and Redding Locations

ULTRA SENSITIVE CRP

ULTRA SENSITIVE CRP

Clinical cardiologists well know the fact that up to 40% of patients with documented coronary artery disease (CAD) have normal cholesterol values.

CORONARY STENTING

CORONARY STENTING

Stents are metallic hollow devices that serve to scaffold an area of obstruction within the coronary artery.

Radial Artery Catheterization

Radial artery catheterization is a medical procedure in which a thin, flexible tube (catheter) is inserted into the radial artery, located in the wrist.

Watch Dr. Vimal Nanavati discuss Radial Artery Catheterization in the video.

Daily Aspirin: Abandon its Recommendation?

Echocardiography Room

Almost 30 million Americans take aspirin for primary or secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) or colorectal cancer (CRC).1For decades, aspirin has been recommended as primary prevention for patients at risk for CVD, despite the attendant increased risk of major bleeding.2However, the results of recent clinical trials have challenged the clinical risk-to-benefit trade-off of daily aspirin use.

The most recent recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) have abandoned the routine recommendation for daily aspirin use for primary prevention of CVD.3Continue reading to learn more about the potential benefits and harms of daily aspirin use.

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