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Tel Aviv State University, Deputy Dean of Education

Head of Cardiology Department, Ichilov Medical Center

Private practice at the Top Ichilov Clinic

Head of Hospitalization Subdivision of Cardiology Department, Ichilov Medical Center

Tel Aviv State University, Head of Cardiology Department

Head of Echocardiography Laboratory, Ichilov Medical Center

Tel Aviv State University, Professor of Cardiology Department

Washington Hospital Center (USA), specialization in non-invasive cardiovascular intrascopy

Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York (USA), specializations in echocardiography, heart failure, and hemodynamics

Ichilov Medical Center, specialization in cardiology

Tel Aviv State University, Faculty of Medicine

President of the Israel Heart Society

European Society of Cardiology

American College of Cardiology

American Society of Echocardiography
Professor Keren is a global-scale expert with extensive experience in detection and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. He is the President of the Israel Heart Society.
“Our Cardiology Department offers new diagnostic methods and technologies. I recommend them to those patients whose parents suffered from cardiovascular diseases. This is an important risk factor. Even if the patient is young, we need to know if his father, brother, or uncle has been diagnosed with a heart attack. Risk factors are an indication for screening.
So, what can we do? A C-reactive protein blood test helps determine if the patient is prone to cardiovascular diseases. If blood levels of another protein, homocysteine, are also increased, the patient may have a stroke or a heart attack in the future. Additionally, we calculate the so-called ankle-brachial index, or the proportion of blood pressure readings in arms and legs. This parameter helps detect peripheral vascular abnormalities. Peripheral vascular diseases increase the risk of cardiovascular conditions including strokes.
Other diagnostic methods available at our department include computerized tomography. CT helps evaluate calcium levels inside the arteries. Besides, an intravenous injection of a special material is enough to receive the images of the arteries. Images show if the vessels are narrowed. The calcium score, however, is of utmost importance. A high calcium score in a relatively young age indicates susceptibility to early heart abnormalities.
We also offer a CIMT test, or a carotid intima-media thickness test. This is a way to evaluate the arteries. It helps predict undesirable cardiovascular events. Let’s say you are only 45 now. But if your arteries are 65, the things are not so good. A person should strive to have the arteries of a 45-year-old man when aged 65. This is why the newest diagnostic methods play a special role in the assessment of risk factors and prevention of heart attacks.”

Publications in Foreign Medical Journals:
Complete list (350):
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Keren%20G[Author]

Author’s Name: Dmitry Finkelstein