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Caring for your heart with personalized prevention.

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Prevention

Family History of Heart Disease | Focus Cardiology

You are sitting across from me in the exam room, telling me about your father and his heart attack at fifty-three, the bypass surgery....

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Metabolic Health

Fatty liver disease Disease | Focus Cardiology

Learn how insulin resistance, inflammation, and metabolic health can quietly drive cardiovascular disease long before symptoms appear...

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Hormonal Shift

Menopause | Focus Cardiology

Menopause is one of the most biologically consequential transitions a woman's body undergoes. It is a fundamental reorganization .....

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Gut Biome and the Heart

Microbiome | Focus Cardiology

Your gut and your heart are more connected than most people realize- can influence inflammation, metabolism, and cardiovascular risk...

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Cholesterol

Lp(a) | Focus Cardiology

Lipoprotein(a) is one of the most clinically significant cardiovascular risk factors most people have never had measured. It is genetically determined...

Wearable fitness tracker displaying heart rate variability data representing autonomic nervous system health and heart health

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Longevity

Heart Rate Variability (HRV) | Focus Cardiology

Heart rate variability can offer a window into stress, recovery, and overall health...
 

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Prevention

Coronary Artery Calcium | Focus Cardiology

Learn when a calcium score is useful, what the results mean, and how it can guide prevention decisions...

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Chest pain

Microvascular Disease in Women | Focus Cardiology

When the Angiogram is Normal but the Pain is Real: Understanding Microvascular Disease...

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Cholesterol

Apolipoprotein B | Focus Cardiology

What is ApoB, and why are more cardiologists using it to assess heart disease risk?

Focus Cardiology - Dr. Sonal Chandra - Women's Heart Health and TRT.

Metabolic health

Testosterone Replacement in Women | Focus Cardiology

Testosterone Therapy in Women: avoid supraphysiologic dosing and how to safely manage TRT for HSDD.

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Sonal Chandra, MD

Board Certified in Cardiovascular Medicine

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Providing compassionate cardiovascular care with a patient-centered approach. Your heart health is our primary focus.

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