L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD, FACC, is a staff cardiologist in the Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, at the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute. Dr. Rodriguez specializes in valvular heart disease and echocardiography. He is currently Director of the Advanced Imaging Training Program. His research interests include valvular heart disease and diastolic function.

A Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, he has authored a number of articles on echocardiography in Circulation, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and JASE.

Dr. Rodriguez graduated from the Universidad de Los Andes in Venezuela and did his residency at University Hospital in Merida, Venezuela. He completed fellowships at University Hospital in Venezuela, Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard Medical School and Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Rodriguez has expertise in echocardiography and valvular heart disease. Lately, he has been involved in innovating procedures for percutaneous treatment of mitral and aortic valve disease.

Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic

Advanced Cardiac Imaging
Cleveland, OH USA
1995

Fellowship - Massachusetts General Hospital

Research Fellow
Boston, MA USA
1990

Residency - Hospital Universidad de Los Andes

Medicine
Venezuela Venezuela
1984

Medical School - Universidad de Los Andes-Facultad de Medicina

Merida Venezuela
1979

• American College of Cardiology
• America Society of Echocardiography

• Cardiovascular Imaging
• Dobutamine Stress Echocardiogram
• Echocardiogram
• Exercise Stress Echocardiogram
• Exercise Stress Test
• General Cardiology
• Heart Imaging
• Heart Valve Disease - Percutaneous Interventions
• Metabolic Exercise Stress Test
• Myocardial Viability Imaging
• Stress Testing
• Transesophageal Echocardiogram

• Amyloidosis
• Angina
• Aorta Disease
• Aortic Aneurysms
• Aortic Occlusion (blockage)
• Atherosclerosis (vascular)
• Atrial Septal Defects - Adults
• Cardiac Tumors
• Cardiomyopathy
• Congenital Valve Disease
• Coronary Artery Disease
• Dilated Cardiomyopathy
• Endocarditis
• Heart Attack
• Heart Disease
• Heart Disease - Prevention
• Heart Murmur
• Heart Related Illnesses
• Heart Valve Disease
• Hypertension - High Blood Pressure
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• Infective Endocarditis
• Lipid Disorders (Cholesterol)
• Marfan Syndrome
• Mitral Valve Prolapse
• Mitral Valve Stenosis
• Pericardial Effusion
• Pericarditis
• Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
• Rheumatic Heart Disease
• Tricuspid Valve Disease

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