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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
shri	11/17/09	10	10	10	10	very nice and quikresponse.
anderson	11/16/09	10	10	10	10
Don	11/16/09	10	10	10	10	Thanks for you very quick response
shri	11/15/09	10	10	10	10	very nice opinion thanks
Traci	11/15/09	10	10	10	10	I'd like to thank you for timely .....

Recent Answers from David Richardson

2009-11-21 Congestive heart failure/leaky aortic valve:

Dear Jon, The lower the BP the better for your leaking valve. 110/70 would be nice. The only way to be sure about hydralazine is stop it for 3 days and then restart it. One is supposed to do that

2009-11-21 heart attack:

Dear Chris, You should certainly be taking a statin such as lovostatin or pravastatin, and you should have some nitroglycerine paste and tablets in case the pain recurs. Please find out what your HDL

2009-11-20 CARDIOLOGY:

Dear Shri, LAHB stands for left anterior hemiblock and RBBB stands for right bundle branch block. The left anterior hemibundle and the right bundle branch are both tiny little bundles that carry electrical

2009-11-20 problems:

Dear Alex, The heart tracking device is a little box you carry with you that records your EKG a few minutes before and after you pus a button on the box to indicate that you're having fast or slow heart

2009-11-17 cardiology:

Dear Shri, 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

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