Parul B. Patel, MD, FACC

Cardiology

4.9 with 797 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Speaks English and Gujarati

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Dr. Patel is a Penn Medicine physician.

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Recognized in Philadelphia magazine's annual Top Docs issues 2019 - 2021

Abnormal Coronary Angiography
Abnormal Stress Test
Aortic Disorders
Aortic Valve Disorders
Atherosclerosis
Atrial Fibrillation (AFib)
Cardiac Risk Assessment
Cardiomyopathy (Cardiomyopathies)
Cardiovascular Care
Chest Pain
Chest Pain (Angina)
Cholesterol Management
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Coronary Artery Calcification
Coronary Artery Disease
Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
Exercise Intolerance
Family History of Heart Disease
Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)
Heart Disease in Women
Heart Failure (Congestive Heart Failure)
Heart Health
Heart Murmur
Heart Racing
Heart Valve Disease
Holter Monitor
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
In-Office Echocardiogram
In-Office Stress Test
Left Bundle Branch Block
Mitral Valve Disorders
Orthostatic Hypotension
Palpitations
Pericardial Effusion
Premature Beats
Preoperative Evaluation
Preventative Cardiology
Prosthetic Heart Valves
Second Opinion Service
Stress Echo Cardiogram
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
Syncope
Tachycardia (Fast Heart Rate)
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
Transthoracic Echocardiogram
Valvular Heart Disease

Abnormal Coronary Angiography
Abnormal Stress Test
Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
Adenosine Stress Test
Advanced Lipid Testing
Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy
Amyloidosis
Anticoagulation
Aortic Disorders
Aortic Valve Disorders
Aortic Valve Regurgitation
Aortic Valve Sclerosis
Aortic Valve Surgery
Arrhythmia (Irregular Heartbeat)
Arterial Insufficiency
Arteriosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis of the Aorta
Athlete's Heart
Atrial Fibrillation (AFib)
Atrial Flutter
Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
Atrial Tachycardia
Atrioventricular Block
Autoimmune Pericarditis
Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
Bradycardia (Slow Heart Rate)
Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Cardiac Risk Assessment
Cardiac Tamponade
Cardiomyopathy (Cardiomyopathies)
Cardio-Oncology
Cardiopulmonary Disease
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
Cardiorenal Syndrome (CRS)
Cardiovascular Care
Carotid Intimal Thickness
Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
Chest Pain
Chest Pain (Angina)
Cholesterol Disorders
Cholesterol Management
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Constrictive Pericarditis
Coronary Artery Calcification
Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Spasm (Prinzmetal's Angina)
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Dobutamine Stress Test
Dysautonomia
Dyspnea On Exertion
Eisenmenger Syndrome
Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
Endocarditis
Enlarged Heart (Cardiomegaly)
Exercise Intolerance
Exercise Related Arrhythmia
Familial Arrhythmias
Familial Cardiomyopathy
Family History of Heart Disease
Fibromuscular Dysplasia
First Degree Heart Block
Genetic Cardiomyopathy
Giant Cell Myocarditis
Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)
Heart Disease in Women
Heart Failure (Congestive Heart Failure)
Heart Health
Heart Murmur
Heart Problems
Heart Racing
Heart Tumor (Cardiac Tumor)
Heart Valve Disease
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Holter Monitor
Hyperlipidemia (High Lipid Levels)
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis
Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST)
Infiltrative Disorders of the Heart
In-Office Echocardiogram
In-Office Stress Test
Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Left Bundle Branch Block
Left Ventricular Dysfunction (LVD)
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
Leg Swelling (Edema)
Mitral Regurgitation
Mitral Stenosis
Mitral Valve Disorders
Mitral Valve Prolapse
Mitral Valve Regurgitation
Myocarditis (Heart Tissue Inflammation)
Myxoma
Orthopnea
Orthostatic Hypotension
Palpitations
Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia
Paroxysmal Tachycardia
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)
Pericardial Effusion
Peripheral Edema
Peripheral Vascular Diseases
Pre-Excitation Syndrome
Premature Atrial Contraction
Premature Beats
Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVCs)
Preoperative Evaluation
Preventative Cardiology
Prosthetic Heart Valves
Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation
Pulmonary Artery Stenosis
Pulmonary Edema
Pulmonary Valve Disorders
Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency
Pulmonary Valve Stenosis (PVS)
Refractory Angina
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Rheumatic Aortic Regurgitation
Rheumatic Aortic Stenosis
Rheumatic Diseases of Pulmonary Valve
Rheumatic Fever
Rheumatic Heart Disease
Rheumatic Mitral Regurgitation
Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis
Right Bundle Branch Block
Right Ventricular Hypertrophy
Right-Sided Heart Failure
Second Opinion Service
Secondary Hypertension
Sick Sinus Syndrome
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
Stress Echo Cardiogram
Subaortic Stenosis
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
Syncope
Tachycardia (Fast Heart Rate)
Tachycardia-Bradycardia Syndrome
Thoracic Aneurysm Dissection
Thoracic Aorta Stenting
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
Transthoracic Echocardiogram
Tricuspid Stenosis
Tricuspid Valve Disease
Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation
Type 1 Second-Degree Heart Block
Type 2 Second-Degree Heart Block
Unstable Angina
Valve Stenosis
Valvular Heart Disease
Variant Angina (Prinzmetal Angina)
Vasospastic Angina
Vasovagal Syncope
Ventricular Aneurysm
Viral Cardiomyopathy
VO2 Measurement

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Patel is part of these programs:

Penn Primary Cardiology Program

Board Certification

Cardiovascular Disease, 2006

Education and Training

Medical School: State University of New York at Brooklyn
Residency: New York University - Bellevue Hospital
Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Primary Location

Penn Heart and Vascular Center Valley Forge

Penn Medicine Valley Forge
1001 Chesterbrook Boulevard
Berwyn, PA 19312

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Penn Cardiology Chestnut Hill

Lower Level
33 E. Chestnut Hill Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19118

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

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Aetna
Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna Medicare
Claim Watcher (Homestead/Index)
Clover Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Highmark Blue Shield Medicare
Highmark Wholecare
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360
Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Jefferson Health Plans (fka Health Partners Plans)

Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
NJ Amerihealth
NJ Medicaid
NJ Medicare
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan PA
UPMC Health Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Selected Publications

Arumugham P, Figueredo VM, Patel P, Morris DL: Comparison of intravenous adenosine and intravenous regadenoson for the measurement of pressure-derived coronary fractional flow reserve. EuroIntervention 8 (10): 1166-1171,2013.

Academic Contact Information

Penn Medicine Chestnut Hill
33 E. Chestnut Hill Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19118
Phone: 215-248-1350
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American College of Cardiology, National