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Pearland, TX
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Cardiovascular diseases, Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Invasive and Non Invasive Cardiology, Cardiac CT, Nuclear Cardiology, Echocardiography and vascular US, Exercise and Sports Medicine, Exercise prescription, Internal Medicine. Cardiovascular risk factors evaluation and treatment.
My hobbies are soccer, tennis, traveling and photography.
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
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A 23-year-old male asked:
Dr. Carlos Orregoanswered
Cardiology 30 years experience
Endurance: It could but it is completely normal for athletes of endurance sports
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A 21-year-old male asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
Non cardiac: I agreed with your doctor. Very unlikely heart related.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
Fields: It will depent on which field are you loking for
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
Exercise intensity: The intensity of exercise is usually classified according to the maximal heart rate for each individual. If the heart rate is < 50 % of maximal ... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Arrhythmia: If you previously had an arrhythmia and your Doctor prescribed medications to control the heart rate , the arrhythmia could be present despite normal ... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
No: Ab exercise should not affect it.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
The heart is supplied by 2 different type of nerves, sympathetic and parasympathetic system, which increases or reduces heart rate respectively.
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Answered May 27, 2021
A male asked:
Dr. Carlos Orregoanswered
Cardiology 30 years experience
No: No , you have to finish medicine and cardiology first
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
Combination: Use different type of exercise, aerobic cardio and combine with anaerobic short distances high intensity.
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A 17-year-old male asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
Normal joints: At your age it is usually normal to have click sounds during exercise except if you a medical condition causing hyperlaxity joints.
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A 79-year-old female asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
No interaction: Xarelto is one of the new anticoagulants which are safer than warfarin and they do not interact with food or other medications. You just need to fo... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
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Muscle: If you do not consume enough calories to replace the calories you lost during exercise, it would. You need calories from proteins to build muscles.
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A 21-year-old male asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
Balance: You just need to consume and expend the same amount of calories. The number of calories recommend to consume are about 2200 cal day , therefore , you ... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
No worries: At your age, if all previous tests for the heart have been normal, you should not be worried about your heart or major medical problem.
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A 50-year-old member asked:
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PFO: Amplatzer and cardioSEAL.
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
20000: First able, it is very important to know if the heart is normal or abnormal . In normal hearts , few PVC's may cause a lot of symptoms but several may... Read More
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A 40-year-old male asked:
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Regular: It is probably normal If the heart rate is regular.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Nuclear: It will depend on different factors such as tracer used , number of days taken , only stress vs stress-rest protocol used. In general, If sestamibi is... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
Cardiology: It is the specialty that study, diagnose and treat all diseases associated with the heart and the vascular system but without doing surgeries.
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Arrythmias: QT prolongation can cause cardiac arrythmias when there is a genetic defect in some cardiac channels.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Intensity: It will depend on intensity and duration of jogging
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Macrolides: Zpac belongs to a class of medications called macrolides which have been associated with malignant arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death . However,... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
Ignore: Keep your legs elevated and do not stand up for long periods.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
Depends on age: The heart rate depends on in which trimester the fetus is. After the second trimester the heart rate varies between 120-180 bpm.
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A 30-year-old male asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
Yes: May take several weeks to decrease the inflammation and feel pain free.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
Ignore: Do take care of your CV risk factors early in life if you have a family history of heart disease.
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
Pvcs, : Endurance runners can have skipped beats and irregular heart beat such as atrial Fibrilation during or at the end of an exercise bout . They do not us... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
Non cardiac : At your age it is unlikely the chest pain you described is related to a cardiac disease, except if you a strong family history or coronary heart dise... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
Svt: Your blood pressure is normal but your heart rate is too fast at rest. You might have inappropriate sinus tachycardia or supraventricular tachycardia... Read More
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Multiple: There are several sings icluding tachycardia, respiratory distress, ekg changes, sings of right venticular failure such as elevated venous pressure a... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Carlos Orregoanswered
Cardiology 30 years experience
Bradi: Could be related to medications. If she is not takings meds, at least an ekg should be done to know what kind of bradycardia she has.
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
QT: Yes. It is probably ok if you do not have any history of QT prolongation.
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A 51-year-old male asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
Bp monitoring: The best way to confirm it is to have 24 h blood pressure monitoring
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
No. You have to study internal medicine first
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A 55-year-old male asked:
Dr. Carlos Orregoanswered
Cardiology 30 years experience
NOAC ( new anticoagulants) are safer than warfarin) apixaban appears to cause less bleeding in older people.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Carlos Orregoanswered
Cardiology 30 years experience
Ignore: Cardiovascular risk factors can be reduced by exercising daily.
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Test : The meaning of board certified is that doctor took an exam after he/she finished his/her training in different fields. It just a way to try to stand... Read More
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A 51-year-old female asked:
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Based on clinical tr: Based on clinical trials . There are some medications that work better in different races and populations. We try to use that information to guide our... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Cv: It is difficult to predict. However , sedentary life style is considered a cardiovascular risk factors . If you have multiple risk factors including o... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Normal response : Are you taking about stress test? Sometimes, you might develop 'skip beats' which could be normal if your heart is normal.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Lvad: Now that you have an LVAD, exercising will be easier for you. Remember that losing weight is always difficult and it is a process that may take sever... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Hf: Do you feel Short of breath walking, lying down or have swelling in your legs? If so, i would reccomend to visit your doctor.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
Inflammation : According to your age, it is probably a muscle skeletal pain or pleuritic pain. Do you have a recent infection. However, seen a Doctor is recommended ... Read More
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A 33-year-old male asked:
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No worries: Mitral valve prolapse is a common condition that has been associated with multiple symptoms such as you described in the minority of patients but it i... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
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Av fistula: A hematoma ( blood collection) takes about 2-3 weeks to go away. If it does get better after that time you might need an ultrasound to look for a f... Read More
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A 53-year-old female asked:
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Perfect: It is completely nomal . Continue doing whatever you are doing because is working. Eat healthy, low sodium , normal weight and exercise regularly.
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A 65-year-old female asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
Risk factors: If you do not have other cardiovascular risk factors such as smoking, diabetes, hypertension, family history of coronary heart disease, obesity or at... Read More
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A 72-year-old female asked:
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Cardiology 30 years experience
Chf: Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is a condition in which the heart can not pump the blood normally (called systolic) or can not relax well ( Diastolic )... Read More
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Aerobic and anaerobi: All type of exercise will increase your fitness. If you want to increase your endurance, aerobic exercise is usually recommended. But if you want to ... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
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Ignore: Is there any test that can help me to predict my cardiovascular risk?
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Great answers. Thank you!!
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! My doctors believe I have IST. Thank you for answering about the BP!
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! I'm still confused if it's my thyroid causing weight loss
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Oh. Okay. Thank you so much.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Institute of Health Sciences
Graduated 1993MD
Residency
St. John's Episcopal Hospital/ SUNY Downstate
Residency
Universidad de Antioquia
Awards
2011 AHA Minority Travel award
2012 AHA Minority Travel Award/ Council on Clinical Cardiology
Assistant professor of medicine, Weill Cornell Medical college
Affiliations
St Joseph Medical Center
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