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Dr. Valerian Fernandes, MD

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25 Courtenay Drive
Charleston, SC 29401
 

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Specialties
Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology
Gender
Male
Education
Education information, including: Medical School attended, years since graduation, and Residency, are all available in the Detailed Report.
Years Since
Graduation
16
Other Education Training
MBBS awarded by Bangalore University, India
MRCP awarded by Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom
Five-Star Recognition
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Group Practice
Medical University of South Carolina - Cardiology
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What is Cardiology?
Cardiology is the treatment of diseases of the heart and blood vessels. A cardiologist is a physician who specializes in treating heart conditions such as abnormal heart rhythms, heart attacks, coronary artery disease, congenital heart defects, and disease of the heart valves. A cardiologist can inform your doctor about new drugs or tests that may be beneficial to you.

Some heart conditions can cause permanent damage to the heart muscle, and can be fatal. Methods that cardiologists use to study heart conditions include stress tests, a monitor to record your heart rate and rhythm, a biopsy, which studies a tiny more »

 

Professional Experience

Professional Affiliations/Memberships
American College of Cardiology Fellow
Publications
2005, A prospective follow-up of Alcohol Septal Ablation for symptomatic Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy, Clinical Cardiology *
2002, Peak early diastolic velocity rather than pressure half–time is the best single index of mechanical prosthetic mitral valve function, American Journal of Cardiology *
2002, Diagnostic accuracy and cost-effectiveness of contrast echocardiography on evaluation of cardiac function in technically very difficult patients in the intensive care unit, American Journal of Cardiology *
2002, Successful balloon valvuloplasty in an adult patient with severe pulmonic stenosis and aneurysmal post-stenotic dilatation, Catheter Cardiovascular Interv. *
Physician Treats
Peripheral vascular disease *
 
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