Cardiology for Panorama City and the East Valley
Panorama City sits at the intersection of the Valley’s busiest corridors — Van Nuys Boulevard, Roscoe, the 170 — and the rhythm of life here keeps a lot of people from sitting still long enough to notice chest pressure, dizzy spells, or a racing pulse. If you have a pacemaker or defibrillator, recovered from a heart attack, or just hit an age where the family history catches up to you, get in.
Heart disease is rough on the patient and harder on the household. The Center for Advanced Cardiac and Vascular Interventions has spent thirty-plus years and over 15,000 procedures helping Panorama City families think through coronary, valve and rhythm problems with a clear head. Our Panorama City cardiologists work close enough that getting a second opinion does not require half a day off — the Tarzana office is about ten minutes west on CA-170.
Find out the cause of your heart condition.
A first visit usually opens with a cardiac evaluation done in our office, not farmed out. We treat coronary artery disease, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, prior heart attacks, arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, mitral valve disease and aortic valve disease. Patients from the dense apartment blocks off Roscoe and the bungalow streets near Sepulveda find the drive painless — five miles west on the 170, then west on Burbank Boulevard.
Panorama City Cardiac Specialists
Our Panorama City cardiologists see patients from a working neighborhood — long shifts, second jobs, two-generation households on a single income. We see Salvadoran and Guatemalan families who came to the Valley in the eighties, second-generation Filipino-American patients, and a lot of Kaiser members who want a private second opinion before agreeing to a procedure. The medicine is the same; how we explain it changes with who is at the table.
Be prepared.
Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center is right on Roscoe Boulevard — if you are having chest pain or a chaotic heartbeat right now, that is the closest ER, period. Most public buildings along Van Nuys Boulevard and at the recreation centers carry AED cabinets, and we tell every family with a cardiac history to buy an AED for the home and run through the steps with everyone in the house, including teenagers.
Ventricular fibrillation does not give warnings. If your heart is racing in a way that feels different and you cannot catch your breath, dial 911 first and us second.
A Panorama City patient’s first appointment runs about an hour. We do the physical exam, walk through your medical and family history, and ask about every medication you take — including the herbal stuff a tía sent from out of state. From Panorama City the Tarzana office on Burbank Boulevard is ten minutes west on CA-170, then a short hop off Reseda; we time appointments so commuters can come in before work. We draw labs the same visit when possible so you are not making a second drive.
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.
Panorama City has one of the densest Latino populations in the San Fernando Valley, and that demographic carries higher baseline rates of hypertension and type 2 diabetes — both of which drive coronary disease over time. Our job at CACVI is to read your numbers in context, run the in-office tests that pin down what is actually going on, and walk you through a plan that takes your work schedule, your insurance, and your family’s caregiving capacity into account. Many of the diagnostics happen the same morning so you leave with answers rather than a list of follow-ups.
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 Panorama City 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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