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Interventional Cardiologist, Dr. Tracey Roth has joined Naples Cardiac & Endovascular Center. We welcome him as he is a significant asset to our elite team of providers.
Dr. Roth has been instrumental in bringing advanced procedures to Southwest Florida. In 2017, he along with a team of doctors developed a Structural Heart Program that introduced the TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement) for aortic stenosis.
TAVR
The TAVR system is a minimally invasive procedure, which is a critical alternative to open-heart surgery. With the TAVR procedure, a catheter is placed either through a tiny incision in the femoral artery (transfemoral) or through a small incision in the chest (trans-apical). The catheter guides a new valve, which is inserted within the old valve and pushes away the diseased, damaged tissues, creating a robust wall for the blood to pass through.
With traditional open-heart surgery, the sternum must be completely fractured, and the amount of healing time needed to regenerate the bone is extensive and often, very uncomfortable for patients. Large incisions through deep layers of muscle are also painful and take much longer to heal than with minimally invasive procedures.
With the TAVR method, patients’ healing time is considerably shortened, and they will not experience the painful side effects of standard surgery. Patients will also be able to breathe better, have more energy, and begin to live a higher quality of life much sooner than those that undergo open-heart surgery.
Dr. Roth and the team at the Naples Cardiac & Endovascular Center are highly experienced in all aspects of cardiac and vascular diagnosis, treatment, and advanced procedures.
There are multiple cardiovascular treatment options that range from conservative to invasive; it all depends on the severity of the condition. For more advanced conditions, invasive treatment is needed. Until recently, invasive treatments were mostly surgical, very traumatic with days of recovery in hospital post-surgery; however, in the last decade, the introduction of percutaneous non-surgical techniques procedures has shifted the treatments from surgery to catheter-based interventions that do not require blades or general anesthesia.
The same techniques used to open arteries of the heart without surgeries using catheter-based therapy are now the method of choice for the treatment of venous or arterial disease of the legs. The introduction of catheter-based techniques has now caused a shift from a surgical technique to a percutaneous technique that can be done in the comfort of an office without the need of hospitalization, all done under local anesthesia as an outpatient procedure.
Heart and vascular diseases affect nearly half of American adults. If you have been suffering from pain or discomfort in the chest, difficulty in breathing or shortness of breath, poor healing ulcers, poor leg circulation, varicose veins, leg pains, leg cramps or if an amputation has been recommended, let us help you.
Heart and vascular care in SW Florida
At the Naples Cardiac & Endovascular Center we deliver comprehensive heart and vascular care tailored to you. Our team includes cardiac and vascular specialists. With a team of experts in one location you get management options for cardiac (heart) and vascular (artery and vein) conditions in one place.
Dr. Roth has over 33 years of experience in the medical field. He graduated from Technion Israel Institute of Technology medical school. Dr. Roth completed his interventional cardiology fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center. He is board certified in cardiovascular disease and in interventional cardiology. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He Developed the Structural Heart Program at Naples Community Hospital, which involved writing TAVR Protocols and Developing the TAVR Program. Over the past two decades he has been in several leadership roles including Medical Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Chief of Cardiology, and the Chairman Physician Excellence Committee.
Dr. Roth has deep roots in the area and has worked in Naples for the past 21 years. He is married to Carolyn and has three children, Lindsay, a 4th year dental student: Adam, a 3rd year optometry student; and Samantha, a Junior at the University of Florida. Dr. Roth enjoys travelling, playing tennis, skiing, and bike riding.
Please call (239) 300-0586 to schedule your appointment.
Naples Cardiac & Endovascular Center (NCEC)
239-300-0586
1168 Goodlette N.
Naples, FL 34102
9400 Bonita Beach Rd., Suite 203
Bonita Springs, FL 34135
www.heartvein.com
