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Preventive Cardiology and Wellness Center
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Our concierge preventive cardiology service is designed to bridge the gap between the current cardiovascular paradox and a future free of cardiovascular diseases by providing personalized, holistic, and proactive care.
About Dr. Bhavani Balaravi
As a cardiologist passionate about preventing cardiovascular disease, Dr. Bhavani Balaravi has a distinguished background. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at Yale University School of Medicine and Cardiovascular training at New York Medical College. She also completed an Advanced Fellowship in Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging at Mayo Graduate School of Medicine-Mayo Clinic.
Dr. Balaravi is committed to eliminating heart disease, the leading cause of death, and she strongly advocates for the power of prevention. With her unwavering dedication to detecting and treating heart disease at its earliest stages, she goes beyond conventional cardiac care.
Her mission is to identify and monitor seemingly healthy, asymptomatic individuals before heart disease manifests itself. She is equally dedicated to assisting symptomatic patients with heart disease by providing them with the necessary tools to effectively manage their condition.
Current Barriers and Challenges that we Address
Fragmented Care
Despite advancements in treatment, insurance-driven cardiovascular care often prioritizes disease treatment over prevention and holistic management, leading to suboptimal health outcomes and a paradox in care effectiveness.
Focus on Volume over Quality
In an insurance-driven model, reimbursement favors volume over quality, leading to a focus on reimbursed treatments like surgeries, rather than preventive or personalized care strategies that reduce long-term cardiovascular risks.
The Wellness Gap
Despite clear evidence supporting the benefits of wellness and a holistic approach, insurance models do not cover lifestyle programs, and access to wellness professionals, thereby neglecting the importance of physical, emotional and mental wellbeing inadequately addressing cardiovascular disease.
Reactive, Not Proactive
Cardiovascular risk factors develop gradually and remain asymptomatic for years, leading many patients to seek care only after chronic heart disease has developed, rather than focusing on early management of preventable risk factors.
Why You Need To Be More Proactive With Your Heart Health?
What's the Cardiovascular Paradox ?
- 1 in every 5 deaths is from heart disease - Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States since 1926. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2022, heart disease accounted for 702,880 deaths, representing approximately 1 in every 5 deaths. CDC
- 80% heart diseases are preventable - “80% of premature heart disease, stroke, and diabetes can be prevented” by addressing behavioral risk factors such as unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, etc. WHO