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Interventional Cardiologist Expands Scope of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Procedures at Lower Keys Medical Center

Dr. Giovanni Campanile Joins Lower Keys Medical Center Medical Staff, a Partnership with Miami Beach’s Mount Sinai Medical Center.

Board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases, and interventional cardiology, Giovanni Campanile, M.D, FACC, FSCAI. brings his extensive experience and expertise to Lower Keys Medical Center in Key West, Florida.   As both an interventional and clinical cardiologist, Dr. Campanile is able to treat and diagnose a wide range of cardiac diseases using minimally invasive techniques under image guidance. 

Dr. Campanile has been seeing patients at Lower Keys Medical Center starting since January.  For his patients who will need to go to Miami for cardiac procedures, Dr. Campanile will travel to Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach once a week to perform elective heart procedures.  The hospital’s new partnership with Mount Sinai Medical Center and Dr. Campanile’s involvement in both facilities will allow a smooth continuum of care for patients.  Additionally, says Dr. Campanile, “Through video conferencing, they will have the advantage of input from experts at Mount Sinai Heart Institute and their partners at Columbia University’s Division of Cardiology in New York City.”

Of his specialty, Dr. Campanile comments, “I love cardiology because the treatments are very exact and specific, and more importantly patients feel the effects of prevention and treatment in relatively short periods of time.  When I do an acute angioplasty for heart attack patients, I am amazed each and every time that we can perform this miraculous procedure.  It’s a great feeling to see patients helped so quickly.”  He was first introduced to interventional cardiology by a friend at Harvard.  “I tried it and fell in love with it because it’s a hybrid between medicine and surgery.” 

“My main focus is prevention,” says Dr. Campanile.  He particularly enjoys the preventative aspect of cardiology, because “people are in control to make significant changes to prevent serious heart problems.”    He advocates effective nutrition and scientifically based alternative modalities, including meditation, yoga, exercise, and dietary supplements.  He was the founder of the first Integrative Cardiology practice in the country, working to integrate allopathic and naturopathic medicine while serving as a Continuing Medical Education (CME) Committee member at Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington – the most well regarded naturopathic medical school in the country. He is currently writing a book about longevity in Mediterranean islands and the effects on both heart health and general health of risk factor modification.

Dr. Campanile is a member of the American Medical Association, American College of Cardiology, Society for Coronary Angiography and Intervention, and Society for Coronary Computed Tomography.  He is certified in coronary computed tomography and is multi-lingual in Italian and Spanish.

The cardiology office of Dr. Giovanni Campanile is now scheduling patient appointments for January 2010. Please call 305-294-4452.

 

The Best Today and In the Future in Treating Valve Disease

Heart valve disease affects millions of Americans each year. At Mount Sinai Heart Institute, in partnership with New York’s Columbia University, patients have access to the most innovative and revolutionary surgical options for treating valve disease.

Great advances have been made in minimally invasive valve surgery, and Dr. Joseph Lamelas, chief of cardiac surgery at Mount Sinai, is on the leading edge. Board-certified in cardiac and thoracic surgery, as well as surgical critical care, Dr. Lamelas he pioneered an advanced one-man surgical technique for minimally invasive valve procedures. He teaches this method to surgeons across the United States and around the world.

Dr. Lamelas consistently has had one of the lowest morbidities and mortalities in Florida and the United States. He has completed almost 8,000 cardiac surgeries and more than 800 minimally invasive procedures, making him South Florida’s most experienced surgeon in his area of expertise.

“When selecting a surgeon, it’s important to know the surgeon’s level of experience and results,” Dr. Lamelas said. “Our surgical volume assures patients that we have the experience of working on varied cases and our low morbidity and mortality levels are unmatched in the region.”

Unlike open-heart procedures, which require a 12-inch incision through the sternum, minimally invasive surgery is done with a two-inch incision between the ribs on the side of the chest. With minimally invasive valve surgery, patients experience:

Dr. Lamelas’ technique offers advantages to both patient and surgeon. Small incisions make minimally invasive valve surgery technically challenging. Multiple surgeons limit exposure and create the potential for complications while having a single surgeon perform the procedure allows better access and visualization.

Dr. Lamelas, who has developed his own instruments to facilitate minimally invasive cardiac surgery, is constantly advancing his craft. Later this year, he will initiate a new means of repairing and replacing heart valves percutaneously – or through the skin – making the procedure even less invasive.

“We are continuously searching for innovative minimally invasive techniques to treat valve disease,” Dr. Lamelas said. “While others are comfortable with the tried and true, we know there is more ground to cover in making the treatment even less invasive and, as a result, more beneficial for our patients.”

 

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