Ernesto Ruiz Duque, MD
Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Cost:
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple
2401 S 31st St, Temple, TX 76508
Accepting new patients
Conditions Treated
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Heart Failure
- Prior Heart Transplant
- Pulmonary Hypertension (High Blood Pressure In Lungs)
- Heart Assist Device (e.g. Ventricular Assist Device (VAD)) In Place
- Hypertensive Heart Disease With Heart Failure
- Cardiomyopathy (Weakened Heart Muscle)
- Need For Heart Transplant
Specialized Treatments
- Electrolyte Levels (e.g. Sodium, Potassium, Magnesium)
- Transthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE)
- Lipid Panel (Cholesterol, Triglycerides)
- Heart Assist Device (e.g. Ventricular Assist Device (VAD)) Review
- Heart Transplant Management (e.g. Transplant Medication Monitoring & Dosage Adjustment)
- Natriuretic Peptide Level
- Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP)
- Liver Function Tests (e.g. ALT/AST, Albumin, Alkaline Phosphatase, Bilirubin)
- Heart Failure Management
- Heart Biopsy
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)
- Blood Count (CBC)