PUTTING CARDIO AND VASCULAR TOGETHER MONMOUTH HEART AND VASCULAR OFFERS COORDINATED CARE IN ONE LOCATION.
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any people think of cardiovascular medicine as one specialty. In reality, cardiology and vascular care are often practiced separately. But at Monmouth Heart and Vascular, an RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group practice affiliated with Monmouth Medical Center (MMC), the two disciplines are brought together by a complete medical team that puts all cardiovascular care in one place.
“Very often, people who have heart disease also have problems with blood vessels elsewhere in the body such as veins or carotid, renal or peripheral arteries,” says Randy Shafritz, MD, RPVI, FACS, Director of Vascular Surgery Services, Southern Region, a member of RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group and Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. “Many patients
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