- Medical Weight LossWhether you’re a competitive athlete or someone just starting out with an exercise routine, understanding the importance of cardiovascular exercises within your fitness plan is key to optimizing your health. From decreasing symptoms related to chronic diseases and improved mental health, to increasing energy levels and maintaining better weight management; incorporating cardiovascular workouts into your
- ElectrocardiogramOur physicians maintain Board Certifications and are Affiliate Associate Professors in the USF College of Medicine, Department of Cardiology Our office labs are certified by ICAEL, ICANL, and ICAVL. Our advanced in-office testing includes a Phillips iE33 which allows us to perform 3D echocardiograms along with strain and speckle tracking. We also perform stress echocardiograms, nuclear stress testing (using a GVI nuclear stress machine which allows the patient the comfort of sitting up during testing), exercise stress testing, micro T wave Alternans, electrocardiograms, Holter monitoring, event monitoring, tilt table testing, 24 hour blood pressure monitoring, and pacemaker/ICD checks. more
- EndometriosisPelvic Congestion Syndrome is a painful condition that affects many women. Women who have this experience heaviness and pain the lower abdominal and lower back area. This is caused by varicose veins in the pelvic region. Since these damaged veins are deep in the abdomen and are not visible from the skin, it can be difficult to come to a diagnosis. This is due to the fact that there are many causes for pelvic pain in women, especially during the childbearing age when menstruation occurs. Pelvic Congestion Syndrome can be misdiagnosed as endometriosis, fibroids, and other diseases.
- Pregnancy
- Internal MedicineDr. Vasco Marques went to medical school at Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. He did his rotating internship at Hospitals Civas de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. His cardiology fellowship was done at Hospital Universitario Pulido Valente, Lisbon, Portugal. He then came to the United States and did his residency in internal medicine at the State University of New York, Brooklyn.
- Mental Health
- UltrasoundThe beauty of using chemoablation is that foam sclerosants allow for a visual working image allowing the doctor to guide its course easily with ultrasound guidance.
- Radiology
- Nuclear MedicineThis is a test, performed in the office, involving either an exercise stress test on a treadmill or a chemical stress test that uses a medication to make your heart rate higher. Following the stress portion of the test, a nuclear medicine technologist will inject you with a radioactive tracer and images will be taken of your heart, allowing the physicians to see which areas of your heart receive enough blood and which areas do not. This test is safe and effective in the diagnosing of blockages in the coronary arteries.
- Computed TomographyConsidered to be the best ultrasound equipment currently available, our equipment has all the latest updates and allows us to perform more advanced cardiac function measures, such as strain and speckle tracking.GVI ClearVision Scanner. This revolutionary single‐photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scanner allows patients to be seated during nuclear scanning procedures, which for many patients is more comfortable than lying down and also reduces the symptoms of claustrophobia. view equipment
- Interventional Radiology
- Minimally Invasive SurgeryA micophlebectomy is a minimally invasive surgery which deals with the removal of a large or medium-sized varicose vein through tiny incisions about the size of a poke from a sharp pencil. The access points are 2-3mm and do not usually require any stitches, just a little piece of adhesive tape (butterfly stitch).
- GangreneDeep vein thrombosis (DVT) is defined as a blood clot that occurs within one of the body’s deep veins, and is most commonly found in the legs though at times can be present in the arms. Untreated DVT can result in a couple of very serious conditions and even death, so getting to your physician quickly for evaluation is essential. Blood clots prevent the flow of blood past the point of blockage, and, depending on the size of the clot, can result in tissue death and gangrene, sometimes requiring amputation of the affected limb. In the worst-case scenario, untreated clots can break off and travel to the lungs, causing a potentially fatal condition called pulmonary embolism (PE).