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Focusing on You: Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine Program

1 min read | April 20, 2018 |

Dr. Carl Orringer introduces the University of Miami Health System’s new Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine Program at The Lennar Foundation Medical Center.

What is familial hypercholesterolemia?

UHealth’s Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine Program is designed to serve patients like Mitzi Frick, who have a higher risk of stroke and heart attack as a result of a genetic condition called hypercholesterolemia.

Tags: cardiovascular health, Dr. Carl Orringer, hypercholesterolemia, Lennar Foundation Medicine Center, Preventive cardiovascular program