Christina Vanderpluym, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist

Dr. Christina Vanderpluym is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist in Boston, MA with special training and skill in cardiovascular disease that requires expertise beyond general cardiovascular knowledge. As an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist, Christina Vanderpluym, MD performs diagnostic and surgical procedures to address severe heart dysfunction. Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology is a cardiology subspecialty. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologists include irregular heartbeat and valvular disease. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologists include imaging testing, prescription medications, ventricular assist device implantation, and heart transplants.

Specialists in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology would participate in the inpatient and outpatient management of patients with advanced heart failure across the spectrum from consideration for high-risk cardiac surgery, cardiac transplantation, or mechanical circulatory support, to pre-and post-operative evaluation and management of patients with cardiac transplants and mechanical support devices, and end-of-life care for patients with end-stage heart failure.

Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiologists in Fenway, Boston, MA

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Pediatric Cardiologist

Dr. Christina Vanderpluym is a Pediatric Cardiologist in Boston, MA with special training and skill in diagnosing, treating, and preventing childhood diseases of the heart and blood vessels. As a Pediatric Cardiologist, Christina Vanderpluym, MD performs medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease, and heart muscle defects. Pediatric Cardiology is a specialty of childhood medicine that deals with children's disorders of the heart as well as parts of the circulatory system. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Pediatric Cardiologists include arrhythmia, congenital heart defects, heart muscle disorders, heart disease, cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, cardiomyopathy, and hypertension, as well as fetal cardiac conditions. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Pediatric Cardiologists include diagnostic imaging, intensive cardiac care, cardiac catheterization and intervention, electrophysiology, fetal cardiology, exercise stress tests, preventative cardiology care, and heart transplantation.

A pediatric cardiologist provides comprehensive care to patients with cardiovascular problems. This specialist is skilled in selecting, performing and evaluating the structural and functional assessment of the heart and blood vessels, and the clinical evaluation of cardiovascular disease.

Pediatric Cardiologists in Fenway, Boston, MA

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