Dr. Erskine James
Internal Medicine - Cardiology
Macon, GA
25 years experience male
Locations
Congestive Heart Failure Center
Macon, GA
About
Bio
Boarded in Adult Cardiology and Heart Failure and Transplant. Level III Echocardiographer with Level II Cardiac MRI training and Level II CT training.
Trained in Macon, GA and Columbia Missouri
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Internal Medicine - Cardiology
Cardiology
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
10 Answers
8 Agrees
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A 58-year-old female asked:
Dr. Erskine Jamesanswered
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 25 years experience
Many causes: First off, need an ultrasound (echo) of your heart, because structural abnormalites of the heart are the first big cause that needs to be eliminated. ... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
Please can u tell me what is prehospital electrocardiogram is it a device in the ambulance or what ?
Dr. Erskine Jamesanswered
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 25 years experience
Yes, in ambulance: Prehospital electrocardiogram (ekg) is a tracing of the electrical activity of your heart. It is done by an ekg machine, and can easily be one done by... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Erskine Jamesanswered
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 25 years experience
Not usually: Low to moderate drinking has been shown to lower risk of pulmonary embolism, not raise it.
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A 40-year-old female asked:
Dr. Erskine Jamesanswered
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 25 years experience
Benign abnormality: T wave abnormalities are relatively common and very non-specific. Could just mean mild high blood pressure. If the echo and the stress test (i assume ... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Erskine Jamesanswered
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 25 years experience
Yes: Older beta blockers like atenolol can cause weight gain. In the studies, there was about 2-4 lb weight gain on atenolol.
Some of the newer ones, l... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Erskine Jamesanswered
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 25 years experience
Not sure???: Hard to say what you mean by this -- ekg's and chest xrays are not 100% accurate. They help physicians make a diagnosis -- they do not make a diagnosi... Read More
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A 27-year-old member asked:
Dr. Erskine Jamesanswered
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 25 years experience
Would call pcp back: Or see your cardiologist. Even though your BP and hr are normal, you could be having worsening heart failure. Not sure why your pcp did not do any fur... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Cardiology 25 years experience
Food diary??: Would do a food diary -- often times postprandial tachycardia is associated with high-carb meals or caffeine intake. So that would be my first step in... Read More
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A 42-year-old male asked:
Dr. Erskine Jamesanswered
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 25 years experience
No: Blood pressure for older women should be the same as younger people. Sometimes it is harder for them to get that, but that blood pressure is too high.... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Erskine Jamesanswered
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 25 years experience
Cholesterol /= clots: There is increased risk of blood clots in pregnancy, and there is an increase in cholesterol in pregnancy, but these 2 are not related. Blood clots ar... Read More
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. James is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. James is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you. I hadn't thought of that. I'll try that before I see my dr.
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I rechecked it and it was 40/50 - still don't know what to do
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful!
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Mercer University School of Medicine, GA
Graduated 1998MD
Residency
MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA
Completed 2001
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