Spider veins are something no one wants to deal with or see marring their skin. If you see them wriggling across your legs, all you want to do is make them go away. If you don’t get them treated, they will get worse. They will turn into bulging varicose veins that can’t be ignored. They […]
Sclerotherapy Treatment for Varicose Veins in Fort Myers
Varicose veins are distended, twisted, enlarged veins. They most commonly occur in the legs and are caused by blood pooling in the feet and lower legs. Normally, blood returning to the heart from the legs is pumped upwards against gravity via the contractions of the calf muscle and the heart, assisted by one-way valves in […]
Dr. Hoffman: The Only Cardiologist in Fort Myers with 5 Board Certifications!
The Vein Center at Cardiology Consultants of Southwest Florida is located in Fort Myers, Florida. It has three cardiologists, and one of them, Dr. Eliot B. Hoffman, is the only cardiologist in Lee County to have earned five board certifications: • Internal Medicine • Cardiovascular Disease • Interventional Cardiology • Cardiac Pacing and Cardioversion Defibrillation […]
Chest Pain? Get an Echocardiogram in Fort Myers
Modern medicine affords doctors technology that allows for better patient care, higher survival rates, and patient longevity. Out of all of the advancements that have come on the market in the last 50 years, echocardiograms are among the most frequently used and the most helpful to protecting patients’ health. When you suffer from cardiac conditions […]
Getting a Stress Test in Fort Myers
A stress test, also known as an exercise test, is done to determine how well the patient’s heart works while the patient is physically active. It also helps our doctor in Fort Myers determine how much exercise the patient should undertake if they are embarking on a new exercise regime or undergoing physical therapy. What […]
Dr. Eliot Hoffman: Your Go-To Cardiologist in Fort Myers
We appreciate the important role that our heart plays in keeping us alive. As long as our heart is beating, we have life in us. For this reason, when you’re told that you need to visit a cardiologist, it can seem daunting. The last thing you want to learn is that you have a potentially […]
