- Medical Weight LossIf you have risk factors(s) to develop heart disease or stroke, such as cigarette smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity or family history of heart disease, periodic blood tests of your cholesterol profile is highly recommended. Healthy diet low in saturated fat, regular exercise, and weight loss can help lower cholesterol. When these measures are not enough, adding a cholesterol-lowering medicine(s) under the supervision of your doctor may be necessary in order to improve your cardiovascular health.
- Primary CareHannah Jang is a board certified family nurse practitioner. She has extensive experience as a nurse practitioner and as a Registered Nurse over 15 years. She received her bachelor of science in nursing at Shamyook University in Korea and her master of science as a family nurse practitioner from the College of New Jersey. Her passion is in primary care and cardiology.
- Smoking CessationAside from the hereditary component, most of the noted risk factors can be improved by lifestyle changes such as eating heart healthy diet, regular exercise, losing weight, smoking cessation, controlling blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol, as well as with medications as needed.
- High Cholesterol
- Emergency Care
- ElectrocardiogramOn most of our new patients with cardiac symptoms, EKG is obtained as an essential part of initial evaluation in addition to the comprehensive history and physical examination.
- Pregnancy
- Labor and DeliveryJiyeon Kim is a board certified family nurse practitioner. She graduated from the School of Nursing at University of Michigan. She has versatile work experiences as an RN at cardiology, SICU and labor and delivery room for 6 years. The FNP program inspired Jiyeon to pursue a career concentrating in cardiology and primary care. She is dedicated to improving the health literacy of population in Lansing area.
- Internal MedicineDr. Choo graduated from University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, in 1988. After finishing his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Maryland Health System in Baltimore, Maryland, he went on to complete his fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Cardiology at Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT in 1994.
- Diabetes Care
- ThyroidAF can be paroxysmal (temporary and intermittent) or chronic and mostly persistent. When it is temporary, the common causes or associated conditions include excessive alcohol consumption, surgery, during or following heart attack, lung disease such as emphysema and sleep apnea, and thyroid disease. When chronic and persistent, associated conditions may include hypertension, cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease) with heart failure, heart valve disease, diabetes, and certain congenital heart disease.
- UltrasoundEchocardiogram, commonly known as Echo, is a sound wave (ultrasound)-based study which is entirely non-invasive. This is a widely used imaging test that evaluates heart structure and function.
- Nuclear MedicineDr. Parikh graduated from M.P.Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, India in 1984. She has undergone pediatric residency at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH in 1992, and completed her Nuclear Medicine residency at University of Birmingham, Birmingham, AL in 1994. Board certified in Nuclear Medicine, Dr. Parikh has special interest and expertise in Nuclear Cardiology. She is also an attorney, having earned her law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, MI in 2003.
- GangreneSimilar to coronary artery disease, peripheral arterial disease (PAD) develops by atherosclerotic plaque build up. Most commonly affected regions tend to be legs, arms, neck, and at times gut and kidney arteries. When flow-limiting blockage occurs, the area supplied by the involved blood vessels become ischemic, i.e., oxygen-deprived. If legs are involved, this ischemia is often accompanied by buttock, thigh, or calf pain, which frequently worsens with walking. When this blood flow is severely reduced due to extensive disease, the involved foot can feel cold to touch, and poorly healing wounds may occur with the possibility of gangrene and limb loss if left untreated.