Carlos Hugo Espinel MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
1715 N George Mason Dr Suite 401 Arlington VA, 22205Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Carlos Espinel is a cardiologist practicing in Arlington, VA. Dr. Espinel specializes in diagnosing, monitoring, and treating diseases or conditions of the heart and blood vessels and the cardiovascular system. These conditions include heart attacks, heart murmurs, coronary heart disease, and hypertension. Dr. Espinel also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Univ De Caldas, Fac De Med, Manizales, Colombia 1963
UNIVERSITY OF CALDAS 1963
Universidad Nacional de Colombia Facultad de Medicina
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Depression, physical illness, and the faces of Rembrandt.
- Michelangelo's gout in a fresco by Raphael.
- Effect of proportional reduction of sodium intake on the adaptive increase in glomerular filtration rate/nephron and potassium and phosphate excretion in chronic renal failure in the rat.
- The portrait of breast cancer and Raphael's La Fornarina.
- The Salt Step Test: its usage in the diagnosis of salt-sensitive hypertension and in the detection of the salt hypertension threshold.
- Memory and the creation of art: the syndrome, as in de Kooning, of 'creating in the midst of dementia'.
- Caravaggio's "Il Amore Dormiente": a sleeping cupid with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
- Diagnosis of acute and chronic renal failure.
- Masaccio's cripple: a neurological syndrome. Its art, medicine, and values.
- de Kooning's late colours and forms: dementia, creativity, and the healing power of art.
- A piece of my mind. On the trail of color.
- Chou Ch'en's street character: facial deformity in the art of the Ming dynasty.
- A medical evaluation of Rembrandt. His self-portrait: ageing, disease, and the language of the skin.
- The FENa test. Use in the differential diagnosis of acute renal failure.
- Art and neuroscience: how the brain sees Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance.
Treatments
- Cardiomyopathy
- High Blood Pressure (hypertension)
- Lyme Disease
- Pain
- Thyroiditis
- Vascular Disease
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