Sports Cardiology concentrates on evaluating the athlete’s heart to identify potentially serious and even life-threatening conditions that may be aggravated by exercise and competition.

Cardiac Electrophysiology or EP is the specialty of cardiology, focused on evaluating and treating heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias).

ECG screening           $25 

Heart Screening        $50

Pre-participation physical evaluation (PPE)    $150 *

* $25 (students participating in the free and reduced school meal program)

We do not report results to insurance companies. We do not bill insurance companies for the ECG, Heart screen or PPE. If an abnormality is detected, and further testing is recommended, we will work with your insurance company for pre-authorization to ensure coverage eligibility so that you may use your health benefits.

We are credentialed with: Medicare, Florida Blue, Aetna, Cigna, Tricare, and Health First. United is pending.

Dr. Ramirez is board certified in Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiac Electrophysiology. Our core values are integrity, compassion, collaboration, creativity, and excellence.

We love educating and empowering our patients. Education is the foundation for shared decision-making and informed consent. Our goal is to restore and protect the quality of your life.

Arrhythmias are caused by short circuits or electrical irritability of the heart’s normal beat. Cardiac ablation is a catheter-based procedure that treats focal areas of the heart, to correct abnormal heart rhythms.

Pacemakers are implanted in the heart when the heart beats too slow. The pacemaker prevents the heart from slowing below the programmed pulse rate, usually 60 beats per minute. Pacemakers do not shock the heart.

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) are required in conditions that may be complicated by cardiac arrest, such as prior heart attacks or hearts whose contraction function is severely reduced. If the heart should beat dangerously fast (>220 beats per minute), the ICD will deliver a shock and normalize the rhythm, thereby preventing cardiac arrest. All ICD devices can pace the heart as well.