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Our Struc­tur­al Heart Team offers the fol­low­ing min­i­mal­ly inva­sive pro­ce­dures that can be just as effec­tive as open heart surgery, with­out the high­er risk.

Regen­er­a­tive med­i­cine is the prac­tice of har­ness­ing your body’s abil­i­ty to heal itself by stim­u­lat­ing repair and thus regen­er­at­ing cells or tis­sues to restore nor­mal func­tion. Dr. Lena Shah­ban­dar explores some of these treat­ments options.

Advanced car­diac imag­ing is the foun­da­tion for dis­cov­er­ing accu­rate and ear­ly diag­no­sis. Through pre­cise imag­ing, car­di­ol­o­gists are able to iden­ti­fy your heart con­di­tion and cre­ate an effec­tive treat­ment plan for your diag­no­sis. The fol­low­ing imag­ing tech­niques have become some of the most effec­tive meth­ods for iden­ti­fy­ing heart disease.

Dual Ener­gy X‑ray Absorp­tiom­e­try (DEXA), also known as Bone Den­si­ty test­ing, is used to diag­nose osteo­poro­sis and/​or osteope­nia. This scan uti­lizes very low dose radi­a­tion to exam­ine the den­si­ty of the bone tis­sue to deter­mine the effects of osteo­poro­sis and assess the risk for poten­tial fractures.

The nose is a pri­ma­ry focal point of the face, and it plays a major role in defin­ing bal­ance and proportion.

The for­ma­tion of vari­cose veins is one of the more com­mon vein issues. Our Vas­cu­lar Surgery depart­ment dis­cuss­es sev­er­al treat­ment options avail­able for vari­cose veins depend­ing on the size, sever­i­ty and loca­tion of the vein.

Duly Aes­thet­ics offers miraDry® a break­through, non­in­va­sive pro­ce­dure for treat­ment of hyper­hidro­sis, or exces­sive under­arm per­spi­ra­tion. The miraDry® pro­ce­dure uses clin­i­cal­ly proven tech­nol­o­gy to non-inva­sive­ly elim­i­nate sweat glands in the underarm.

Noth­ing is more pre­cious than the gift of health. Our physi­cians and staff rec­om­mend their health-focused favorites that can be gift­ed to your friends, fam­i­ly and col­leagues this hol­i­day season.

Breast can­cer is one of the most com­mon can­cers in women in the Unit­ed States today. As with many oth­er forms of can­cer, pre­ven­tive screen­ing is the most effec­tive tool for ear­ly detec­tion and mor­tal­i­ty reduc­tion. The Amer­i­can Col­lege of Radi­ol­o­gy and the Soci­ety of Breast Imag­ing rec­om­mend women begin annu­al mam­mo­graph­ic screen­ings at age 40.

Over­ac­tive blad­der (OAB) is a chron­ic con­di­tion that can affect your life in so many dif­fer­ent ways, a lot of times because you are wor­ried about your blad­der trig­ger­ing at the wrong time. Learn about three FDA-approved advanced ther­a­pies avail­able that can help you gain con­trol of your bladder.