Hospital Teams With Masonicare For Talk On Cardiac Technology

Danbury Hospital and Masonicare of Newtown invite the community to a discussion titled “The Latest Advances in Cardiac Technology: Diagnosis and Therapy.” The program is scheduled for Tuesday, April 19, at noon, at Masonicare of Newtown, 139 Toddy Hill Road, and a free lunch will be served.

Attendees can learn the ins and outs of heart disease and how it may affect one’s own health. Become familiar with the risk factors and discover ways to keep a heart healthy.

This talk will introduce you to the latest in diagnostic and therapeutic modalities in cardiac disease including TAVI, DES, VAD, Bi-V/CRT, PET-CT, IVUS, 3-D Echo, and more. Guest speaker cardiologist Harvey M. Kramer, MD, FACC, FACP, a frequent lecturer and author regarding cardiovascular diseases, will lead the discussion.

A Newtown resident, Dr Kramer is a cardiologist at Danbury Hospital and assistant clinical professor of medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. A noninvasive cardiologist with a particular interest in preventive cardiology, he is the director of cardiovascular disease prevention at Danbury Hospital and is the medical director of Southbury Cardiology.

He has lectured extensively on cardiovascular disease prevention as well as on lipid disorders and hypertension. In his practice of clinical cardiology, he deals with general cardiology, preventive cardiology, congestive heart failure, valvular and ischemic heart disease, arrhythmias, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia.

In addition to being board certified in cardiovascular diseases, internal medicine, and echocardiography, he is also designated as a specialist in clinical hypertension by the American Society of Hypertension. Dr Kramer has a special interest in women’s heart disease, and co-authored a book on this subject titled A Woman’s Guide to Heart Attack Recovery, published in June 2007. 

This program is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. For reservations, call the Masonicare helpline at 888-679-9997 or visit www.danburyhospital.org.