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Francesco Rotatori, MD
New York, NY
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I have obtained my Medical Degree in Milan, Italy.
I specialized in Cardiology in Italy and then I moved to US. Here I have completed a residency in Internal Medicine, a fellowship in General Cardiology and a fellowship in Interventional Cardiology.
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Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine - Cardiology
Languages spoken
English
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Francesco Rotatorianswered
Internal Medicine 13 years experience
2 wires 2 ventricles: BIV pacer is a pacemaker that has 2 wires that are sychronized to fire at a short time one to the other so that the mechanic of contraction of the hea... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Francesco Rotatorianswered
Internal Medicine 13 years experience
Liver, muscles: the most common problem with Lipitor (atorvastatin) is muscle pain, which sometimes is so invalidating that requires to change the medication. Rarely ... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Francesco Rotatorianswered
Internal Medicine 13 years experience
Motion of the heart: It means that on a test (likely echocardiogram) one small portion of the left ventricle (the "pumping chamber of the heart") doesn't seem to be moving... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:
Dr. Francesco Rotatorianswered
Internal Medicine 13 years experience
Need further test: From your question it appears you had already a work up for your tachycardia, as you define it as inappropriate sinus. However, tachycardia, HTN can p... Read More
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A 78-year-old female asked:
Dr. Francesco Rotatorianswered
Internal Medicine 13 years experience
It can help: It can help, although generally NSAIDS, even ibuprofen, such as alieve, should help.
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Francesco Rotatorianswered
Internal Medicine 13 years experience
No: No. There are multiple reasons why an EKG shows 'changes'. In fact, EKG is a measure of the electrical activity of the heart, and for this reason anyt... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Francesco Rotatorianswered
Internal Medicine 13 years experience
Cardiology consult: It is possible that the EKG is showing some abnormalities. It could be just a 'normal variant' or it could mean that there is an underlying cardiac pr... Read More
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A 60-year-old male asked:
Dr. Francesco Rotatorianswered
Internal Medicine 13 years experience
Not exactly the same: Different type of stress test are available (ekg treadmill, pharmacological or treatmill echo, pharma or treadmill nuclear). They all try to answer on... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Francesco Rotatorianswered
Internal Medicine 13 years experience
Cardiology needed: It seems to be a mild problem and probably nothing more needs to be done. However, this should be discussed with a cardiologist, because, in the right... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Francesco Rotatorianswered
Internal Medicine 13 years experience
There is a problem: In cardiology, as other specialties, we generally perform diagnostic test to support clinical suspicion. In every test we have a set of normal finding... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Francesco Rotatorianswered
Internal Medicine 13 years experience
Yes: He is fully board certified. Good.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Francesco Rotatorianswered
Internal Medicine 13 years experience
Full cards check: Cardiology consult requires to collect a full cardiovascular history and a full physical examination, but more focused on cardiovascular system, and a... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Francesco Rotatorianswered
Internal Medicine 13 years experience
Sure : sure, why not?
BMI and fat % are important in the assessment of cardiovascular risk.
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A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. Francesco Rotatorianswered
Internal Medicine 13 years experience
Normal EF is >50%: Normal EF is 55% or above. It is also true that sometimes the function is reported as visual estimation, and so minor changes in EF between different ... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Francesco Rotatorianswered
Internal Medicine 13 years experience
Anti-anginal meds: From your question it appears that the appropriate work up was done.
Also, the medication that you are taking are appropriate to treat angina.
Othe... Read More
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Rotatori is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Rotatori is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thanks alot dr.
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