Laurence Octavius Watkins MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
1801 Se Hillmoor Drive C208 Port Saint Lucie FL, 34952About
Dr. Laurence Watkins is a cardiologist practicing in Port Saint Lucie, FL. Dr. Watkins 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. Watkins also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Mc Master Univ- Sch Of Med- Hamilton- Ont- Canada 1975
Northern Ontario School of Medicine 1975
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Preventing cardiovascular disease in blacks, a perspective.
- Epidemiology and burden of cardiovascular disease.
- Perspectives on coronary heart disease in African Americans.
- Cardiomyopathy in blacks.
- A mechanism for the development of fixed primary (essential) hypertension: insights from population-based studies using echocardiography.
- Racial differences in the management of hypertension.
- Beliefs about high blood pressure prevention in a survey of blacks and Hispanics.
- Impact on interracial comparisons of inappropriate criteria for cardiac enlargement in blacks.
- Detection of hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy.
- Primary prevention of coronary heart disease.
- Computer-aided learning: experiences, perspectives and promises.
- Preparation for cardiac catheterization: tailoring the content of instruction to coping style.
- Hostility, coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence, and total mortality: lack of association in a 25-year follow-up study of 478 physicians.
- The potential effect of water on gastrointestinal infections prevalent in developing countries.
- The potential effect of water on gastrointestinal infections prevalent in developing countries.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Anemia
- High Cholesterol
- Heart Disease
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Hypothyroidism
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Vascular Disease
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