Pacific Heart Institute

Pacific Heart Institute We provide comprehensive cardiovascular diagnostic and therapeutic services.

This World Oral Health Day, remember your mouth and heart are connected 🦷❤️ Gum disease is linked to a higher risk of ca...
03/20/2026

This World Oral Health Day, remember your mouth and heart are connected 🦷❤️

Gum disease is linked to a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, making daily brushing, flossing, and regular dental visits more important than ever.

Small habits, big impact.

03/18/2026

The American Heart Association (AHA), American College of Cardiology (ACC), and nine other leading medical organizations have released updated guidelines for cholesterol and lipids, focusing on earlier screening and treatment.

Your heart never takes a day off. It beats about 100,000 times a day and pumps nearly 2,000 gallons of blood throughout ...
03/16/2026

Your heart never takes a day off. It beats about 100,000 times a day and pumps nearly 2,000 gallons of blood throughout your body.

Taking care of your heart means taking care of the engine that keeps everything else running.

03/12/2026

Extra hour of sleep or an extra hour of exercise? 😴🏃‍♀️

We asked cardiologists this ‘would you rather’ question at the Women’s Heart Symposium and their answers might surprise you.

What would you pick?

A recent study examined the impact of adding salt to meals and found a clear trend🧂“What this study has done that’s inte...
03/11/2026

A recent study examined the impact of adding salt to meals and found a clear trend🧂

“What this study has done that’s interesting is that they’ve looked at the addition of salt in conjunction with preexisting salt that is already accompanied with the foods people are usually eating,.” - Rigved Tadwalkar, MD

Read more about how added salt can affect your health using the link below: https://www.prevention.com/food-nutrition/healthy-eating/a70339227/added-salt-shorter-life-expectancy-study/

03/11/2026

What this conversation is NOT about.

In this clip from my talk at the 13th Annual Women’s Heart Symposium with Have A Heart, Save A Heart, I take a minute to clarify something important. Conversations about environmental exposures and heart health shouldn’t turn into detox culture, food fear, or the idea that we can “cleanse” toxins out of our bodies 🧪

The science here is still evolving, and most exposures are part of everyday life. The discussion is about understanding them, not eliminating entire foods or chasing the latest wellness trend.

And none of this replaces the fundamentals we already know matter for heart health - good nutrition, physical activity, sleep, and managing traditional risk factors.

Thoughts? 🤔

03/10/2026

Cardio or strength training?

At the Women’s Heart Symposium, we asked cardiologists to choose, and here’s what they had to say.

Which do you prefer?

Meet Dr. Kevin O’Fee, a non-invasive cardiologist with expertise in preventive cardiology, stress testing, echocardiogra...
03/05/2026

Meet Dr. Kevin O’Fee, a non-invasive cardiologist with expertise in preventive cardiology, stress testing, echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), cardioversions, and nuclear cardiology.

Passionate about empowering patients with knowledge of their cardiac conditions, Dr. O’Fee believes in taking the time to explain diagnoses and treatment options fully.

Learn more about Dr. O’Fee here: https://www.pacificheart.com/kevin-ofee-md-facc

03/04/2026

It was truly a pleasure to be part of this incredible cardiovascular health panel at Love.Life Wellness Club ❤️

From prevention, latest diagnostics and treatments, and thoughtful audience questions, conversations like these are how we move heart health forward.

03/03/2026

Your mouth and your heart are more connected than you think 🦷♥️

In my recent interview with KNX News Radio, we discussed the recently published American Heart Association scientific statement highlighting the link between gum disease and cardiovascular health.

Chronic gum inflammation has been associated with conditions like atherosclerotic heart disease, stroke, and heart failure— likely through ongoing inflammation and bacteria entering the bloodstream.

Oral health is part of heart health.
Brush. Floss. See your dentist.

Small daily habits can support lifelong cardiovascular prevention 😀



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CPR saves lives ❤️Immediate bystander CPR can double, and sometimes even triple, a person’s chance of survival after out...
02/27/2026

CPR saves lives ❤️

Immediate bystander CPR can double, and sometimes even triple, a person’s chance of survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

In real-world national registries, survival is about 13% when CPR is started by a bystander, versus about 7–8% without CPR.

Learning CPR isn’t just a skill, it’s the power to make a life-saving difference before emergency teams arrive.

This Heart Health Month, learn CPR and help save lives. Find a class near you at Heart.org.

02/25/2026

Thirdhand smoke - residue on clothes, furniture, and surfaces - is real and it’s not harmless. 🚭

We asked cardiologists at the Have A Heart Save A Heart 13th Women’s Heart Symposium about the risks of this kind of smoke, check out their answers.

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Santa Monica, CA
90404

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