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David Richardson

U.S.

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Expertise

Adult heart function and disease. Not very good about children lesss than 12. Hypertension is o.k. Heart rhythm a special interest.

Experience in the area

Certified in cardiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Was chairman of division of cardiology at the Medical College of Virginia. Am now mostly retired.

Organizations

Fellow of American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology and member of American Physiological Society..

Publications

Circulation, American Heart Journal, Hypertension.

Education/Credentials

M.D. from Harvard Medical School. Residency training at Yale Uhniversity School of Medicine and Medical College of Virginia.

Awards and Honors

Gold Heartt Award from American Heart Association in 1995.

What do you like about this subject?

Helping people and aelrning from them.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

Help people with cardiovascular trouble.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

Diet, exercise and medicines are as effective as balloon angioplasty or coronary bypass surgery in preventing heart attack or cardiac death in people with coronary disease, but not as effective in preventing chest pain.

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Recent Reviews from Users

User	Date	K	C	T	P	Comments
Laura	11/07/09	10	10	10	10	Appreciate your very quick reply
Ross	11/06/09	10	10	10	10	Brilliant, world class information. Thank you
Doris	11/04/09	10	10	10	10
Koshy	11/01/09	10	10	10	10	Thanks doctor
marianne	11/01/09	10	10	10	10	Thank you for your response.It .....

Recent Answers from David Richardson

2009-11-07 Weirdness:

Dear Laura, The most common cause of pain in a young person is cramping of the muscles in the chest wall. If you can modify the pain, make it better or worse, by pressing on the area that hurts, then

2009-11-07 Heart palpitations, chest heaviness, fatigue:

Dear Jacqueline, Measure your blood pressure sitting and then standing quietly for 1,3 and 5 minutes. If it gets below 90, that's the probable cause of your dizziness and fatigue. The most common

2009-11-07 THUMPING IN CENTER OF CHEST:

Dear Rita, No not life or health threatening. You're probably feeling skipped heart beats, which are normal heart activity, don't mean you have heart disease now or will in the future. The beat after

2009-11-06 anything and everything:

Dear Steve, Skipped beats are normal heart activity, no threat to life or health in someone with normal EKG and echo. About half of us have them, they are easy to understand as normal from knowledge

2009-11-06 Should i be worried?:

Dear Leigh, Left atrial enlargement means the upper chamber of the heart, probably the left heart, is larger than normal. Septal infarct means a heart attack involving the wall of the heart that divides

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