Heart disease progress is slowing or stalling, study says. Obesity is likely to blame.

Progress in reducing deaths related cardiovascular Heart disease progress has been waning in years, diabetes, rates recently slowed or stalled. best, and, our rates cardiovascular are going chief academic officer Heart and Vascular Institute Cleveland Clinic. “And cause, is obesity and all its consequences. ” More than 93 adults and nearly 14 children and adolescents in United States are considered be obese — a that has been climbing decades.

NorthBay Heart and Vascular recently welcomed two new interventional cardiologists. Saba Lahsaei, M. D. , and Mark Villalon, M. D. , join a stellar team of cardiologists. Dr. Lahsaei earned his medical degree from Shiraz University Medical Sciences in Shiraz, Iran and was fellowship trained in vascular/endovascular interventions, structural heart disease and interventions at Tufts University School of Medicine, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston. He also completed fellowship training in cardiovascular disease at California Pacific Medical Center, San vascular heart disease Francisco. He specializes in treating cardiovascular issues through catheter-based procedures. Noting that cardiology is a dynamic field that is growing and changing all the time, Dr. Lahsaei said he chose his specialty because he finds every aspect of it to be interesting and exciting. “I love that I can see patients’ lives improve by providing life-saving procedures,” he said. Dr. Villalon specializes in the management of complex coronary artery disease and heart valve disease, in addition to general cardiology.

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