Cardiology care for Diamond Bar and the SGV/OC border
If chest pressure has been waking you up at night, if your smartwatch flagged an irregular rhythm during a Schabarum Park trail run, or if your internist in Diamond Bar told you it’s time to see a cardiologist — our LA Beverly Hills office sees cases like yours every week.
Most Diamond Bar patients we see at CACVI fall into two groups: working professionals in their 40s and 50s following up on a stress test their internist flagged, and retirees in The Country and Diamond Bar Country Estates who want to keep golfing without worrying about how their heart will hold up. Dr. Mehran J. Khorsandi and Dr. Moinakhtar Lala have performed more than 15,000 cardiac and vascular procedures across thirty-plus years. They walk through the echocardiogram with you in the room — not a fellow, not a PA — while you’re still there.
Find out the cause of your heart condition.
From the 91765 and 91789 ZIP codes our LA Beverly Hills office is roughly a 40-minute drive west on CA-60, faster off-peak. Most Diamond Bar patients pick a midday slot so they’re past the morning crawl through the City of Industry. In one visit we can run an in-office cardiac evaluation, EKG, and echocardiogram, then go through the findings before you leave. Conditions we treat regularly for Diamond Bar patients include coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation (AFib), heart failure, aortic valve disease, and heart arrhythmia.
Diamond Bar Cardiac Specialists
For Diamond Bar, the practical question is which cardiology group you can actually get into without a six-week wait. Our Beverly Hills office holds same-week appointments for patients in 91765 and 91789 presenting with acute symptoms. Dr. Khorsandi or Dr. Lala reads every new Diamond Bar chart personally before your visit, which keeps the first half-hour focused on what’s actually new rather than re-reading the referral note.
Be prepared.
If you live in Diamond Bar and your heart rhythm goes wrong tonight, the closest emergency room is Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center on North Garey Avenue — about 15 minutes east via CA-60 and CA-71 — with cath-lab capability for STEMI. That’s where 911 will most often route you, and you should not drive yourself.
Keeping a basic AED in larger homes in The Country or in a Diamond Bar HOA clubhouse pays for itself the one time it matters. Survival from sudden cardiac arrest drops roughly 10% for every minute without defibrillation. Once you’re stable, our Beverly Hills office handles the cardiology follow-up.
A first visit at our Beverly Hills office — about 40 minutes west of Diamond Bar via CA-60 — typically runs 60 to 90 minutes. We collect your history, the symptoms you’ve actually noticed, family history of early heart disease, and any current cardiac medications. Most Diamond Bar patients leave with an EKG and echocardiogram done the same day, and we order any blood work before you go. We send the visit summary back to your Diamond Bar primary care doctor within the week so your team stays in the loop.
Protect your heart.
Trust Your Heart to Our Expert Care
On average, someone dies of cardiovascular disease (CVD) every 37 seconds in the U.S. There are 2,353 deaths from CVD each day, based on 2017 data.
High blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, and smoking are key risk factors for heart disease. About half of Americans (47%) have at least one of these three risk factors.
Diamond Bar skews older and more affluent than the LA County average. That means we catch more coronary disease early enough for medical management — but it also means more of you are managing five or more cardiac medications by 65. Our job is to keep the regimen lean: confirm what’s actually needed, drop what isn’t, and check in twice a year so a statin-and-beta-blocker pair doesn’t quietly stack into a seven-drug pile.
CACVI’s experienced cardiologists are determined to provide each patient with experienced, compassionate care as they work diligently to improve your health.
Dr. Moinakhtar Lala and Dr. Mehran J. Khorsandi
Meet Your Diamond Bar Cardiologists
The Center for Advanced Cardiac and Vascular Interventions (CACVI) is led by Dr. Khorsandi and Dr. Lala, who have over thirty years of practice with over 15,000 vascular and cardiac procedures performed. Our physicians are determined to provide each patient with experienced, compassionate care as they work diligently to improve your health.
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