Cardiologist · Sibiu
Dr. Carmen Podar
The doctor at the Biocord practice in Sibiu. She practises preventive and cardiometabolic cardiology, where long term risk matters as much as today’s symptom.
How she works
The difference a new patient notices first is the time. A consultation here does not stop at the reason you came in on the day. The conversation covers your medical history, the test results you have, your risk factors and the way you live, because that is where the full picture comes from.
The second difference is what gets measured. The assessment does not stop at the heart: blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, weight and sleep all come into it, and the ultrasound also looks at the carotid arteries, the liver and, when symptoms call for it, the thyroid. All of these directly influence cardiovascular risk.
The third is what does not get done. Investigations are recommended when they change a decision. One more test that changes nothing in your plan has no place on the list.
Continuing medical education matters a great deal in how the work is done here, and the advice about food, movement and sleep comes from someone who applies it in her own life rather than only quoting it.
What interests her most
The areas where the practice has the most to add.
- Cardiovascular prevention and long term risk assessment
- High blood pressure and the real 24 hour pressure profile
- Dyslipidaemia, cholesterol and the role of Lp(a)
- Insulin resistance, prediabetes and metabolic syndrome
- Fatty liver disease and its link to cardiometabolic risk
- Sleep apnoea, which often goes undiagnosed
- Palpitations and rhythm disturbances
- The link between thyroid conditions and cardiac symptoms
The investigations she does at the practice
- Cardiology consultationA consultation that does not stop at the reason you came in. We go through your history, your test results, your lifestyle and your risk factors, then build a long term prevention plan together.
- EchocardiographyA heart ultrasound shows how your heart looks and how it works. In the same session we take a preliminary look at the liver, the carotid arteries and, when needed, the thyroid, at no separate cost.
- Holter ECGAn electrocardiogram lasts a few seconds. If your symptoms show up in the evening, during exercise or once a week, you need a continuous recording that can catch them.
- Blood pressure monitoring (ABPM)A single reading at the clinic says very little. ABPM records your blood pressure at regular intervals, day and night, and shows the real pattern, including what happens while you sleep.
- Electrocardiogram (ECG)The basic test of the heart: a few minutes, with no discomfort. Its value lies in the reading, that is, in what your tracing means alongside the rest of your story.
- Exercise testA heart can behave impeccably at rest and struggle on a flight of stairs. The exercise test records the electrocardiogram and blood pressure at the very moment more is asked of it.
- Ankle-brachial indexA simple comparison between the blood pressure at your ankle and the one at your arm shows whether the arteries of the legs have narrowed. The same figure says something about the heart as well.
- Sudden death screeningThe conditions that cause sudden death in young people are silent, but most of them leave marks on the electrocardiogram. The trace is read against the international criteria for athletes, which separate a trained heart from a diseased one.
- Body composition analysisWeight on its own says almost nothing. Body composition shows the balance between fat and muscle, and that is where the practical recommendations start.
Dr. Carmen Podar’s practice in Sibiu
The Biocord practice is at Strada Ion Agârbiceanu 11, Sibiu, in the Turnisor neighbourhood.
Phone: 0771 193 295
Email: bio.cord@yahoo.com
Appointments are made by phone or through the form on this site. We confirm the time before you come.
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The first consultation is the longest one, because everything else starts from it.