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About Alvaro Galindo, MD
Biography
Dr. Galindo received his MD from the University of Miami School of Medicine. He completed Residency at the New England Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Galindo then served as a Pediatric Cardiology Fellow at the University of California at Los Angeles. He received additional training in Interventional Cardiac Catheterization at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Galindo joined Children’s Heart Center in August 2006 after serving as Associate Professor at the University of Miami. Dr. Ga
Care Philosophy
Continuous care for the fetus, child & adult with congenital heart disease
Procedures and Conditions Treated
- Acute & Subacute Endocarditis
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Acute Pulmonary Embolism
- Acute Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Angina Pectoris
- Atherosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis Treatment
- Audioelectric Cardiography
- Balloon Catheter Device
- Biopsy
- Blood clot removal
- Cardiac (Procedural) - Cardiac Assist Device
- Cardiac (Procedural) - Transcatheter Valve
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrest - Unexplained
- Cardiac Arrest And Ventricular Fibrillation
- Cardiac Cath
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Congential & Valvular Disorders
- Cardiac Monitoring
- Cardiac Rehab
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Cardiac resuscitation
- Cardiac stress test
- Cardiac ultrasound
- Cardiac Valve & Other Maj Cardiothoracic Proced W Card Cath
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Cardiovascular Stress Test
- Cardiovascular Stress Tests
- Cardioversion
- Cardioversion/Resuscitation
- Catheterizations - Heart
- Catheterizations - Renal Artery
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Circulatory Disorders Except Ami W Card Cath
- Circulatory Signs And Symptoms
- Complications Of Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Concomitant Diagnostic Coronary And Peripheral Catheterization
- Coronary Angioplasty
- Coronary Atherosclerosis And Other Heart Disease
- Coronary Bypass W Cardiac Cath
- Coronary Bypass W Ptca
- Coronary Doppler Studies
- Coronary Flow Reserve
- Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization
- Echo stress test
- Echocardiogram
- Echos
- EKG
- Electrical Cardioversion
- Electrocardiogram
- Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
- Electrocardiogram Monitoring
- Electronic Evaluation Of Cardiac Event Recorder
- Endocarditis And Endocardial Disease
- Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement & Supplement
- Essential Hypertension
- Event Monitors
- External Circulatory Assist
- Fainting
- Heart attack
- Heart attack complications
- Heart Biopsy
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Heart membrane procedures
- Heart monitoring
- Heart muscle inflammation and disease
- Heart Screening And Imaging
- Heart Valve Disease
- High Blood Pressure
- Holter Monitors
- Hypertension
- Hypertension With Complications And Secondary Hypertension
- Intracoronary Brachytherapy
- Intravascular Coronary Ultrasound
- Myocarditis And Cardiomyopathy
- Non Invasive Vascular Studies
- Nonrheumatic And Unspecified Valve Disorders
- Nonspecific Chest Pain
- Other And Ill-Defined Heart Disease
- Other Circulatory System Diagnosis
- Other Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization
- Other Endovascular Cardiac Valve Procedures
- Other Medical Cardiology Diagnostic
- Other Medical Cardiology Procedure
- Other Non-Invasive Cardiac Study
- Other Transcatheter Cardiac Procedure
- Perc Cardiovasc Proc W Drug-Eluting Stent
- Perc Cardiovasc Proc W Non-Drug-Eluting Stent
- Perc Cardiovasc Proc W/O Coronary Artery Stent
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
- Percutaneous Intracariac Procedures
- Percutaneous Transluminal Balloon Valvuloplasty (Aortic Valve)
- Percutaneous Transluminal Balloon Valvuloplasty (Mitral Valve)
- Percutaneous Transluminal Balloon Valvuloplasty (Pulmonary Valve)
- Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Artery Angioplasty
- Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Artery Atherectomy
- Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Artery Stent Placement
- Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Thrombectomy
- Pericarditis (or Inflammation of the Heart Membrane)
- Pericarditis And Pericardial Disease
- Peripheral Thrombectomy
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Pulmonary valve repair
- Remove Clot
- Stent placement
- Stress TTE
- Syncope
- Syncope & Collapse
- Thrombolysis Procedures
- Thrombolysis to dissolve blood clots
- Thrombolytic Infusion Therapy
- Transcatheter Coronary Thrombolysis
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
- Tte (Transthoracic Echo)
- Ultrasound
- Valve Repair - Percutaneous
- Vascular Access Devices
- Vascular Screening and Imaging
Specialties
- Interventional Cardiology - Board Certified
- Pediatric Cardiovascular Disease
Affiliations
- Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center
- Sunrise Children's Hospital
- Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center
Clinic Website
Credentials and Education
University of Miami
Undergraduate Degree
1978
Tufts University School of Medicine
Internship
1983
University of California, Los Angeles
Fellowship
1989
The Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Fellowship
1992
Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency
1986
University of Miami
Graduate Degree
1982