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Daniel Israel Sugarman, M.D.

Cardiologist

Dr. Daniel Sugarman is a cardiologist practicing in Mooresville, NC. Dr. Sugarman specializes in diagnosing, monitoring, and treating diseases or conditions of the heart and blood vessels and the cardiovascular system. These conditions include heart attacks, heart murmurs, coronary heart disease, and hypertension. Dr. Sugarman also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
48 years Experience
Daniel Israel Sugarman, M.D.
  • Mooresville, NC
  • Univ of Il Coll of Med, Chicago Il
  • Accepting new patients

Is a pacemaker implant safe?

No medical procedures are entirely free of risk. Pacemaker implantation can have complications of infection, bleeding, and, rarely, cardiac perforation. However the benefits of READ MORE
No medical procedures are entirely free of risk. Pacemaker implantation can have complications of infection, bleeding, and, rarely, cardiac perforation. However the benefits of a pacemaker far outweigh the risks, so if Mom has symptoms from her slow heart rate, I would probably go ahead and do it.

My dad is feeling breathless after his bypass. Could there be something serious?

Huge list of possibilities, many of them serious. Among these are pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, CHF, pulmonary emboli. He needs to see his doctor asap.