•Concierge preventive cardiology · Bradenton, Florida
The best heart attack is the one that never happens.
Most cardiovascular disease is silent for decades before the first symptom. We use advanced imaging and comprehensive biomarker analysis to find it early — then build a personal prevention plan around what we find, with a physician who actually knows you.
45–60 min
Appointments long enough to actually practice medicine — not 7 rushed minutes.
≈250 patients
Per physician, instead of the 2,000–3,000 typical in insurance-based practice.
Same day
Access when you need it, with your doctor's direct phone and email.
What we look for
We don't wait for symptoms. We go looking.
A normal cholesterol panel is not the same as healthy arteries. Our diagnostic workup looks directly at your cardiovascular system — so risk shows up as a measurement, years before it could show up as an event.
Coronary artery calcium scoring
A direct look at calcified plaque in the arteries that feed your heart — one of the strongest predictors of future cardiac events, invisible to a standard physical.
CIMTCarotid intima-media thickness
Ultrasound measurement of the artery wall itself, detecting disease at its earliest, most reversible stage — often decades before symptoms.
PANEL+Advanced biomarkers & genetics
Beyond the standard lipid panel: advanced lipid fractions, inflammatory markers, metabolic indicators, and genetic risk factors, read together as one picture.
“The most striking feature of the current practice of medicine is that the profession developed around the treatment of disease. Very little of what physicians do is aimed at prevention.”Journal of the American Medical Association
Traditional vs. private
This isn't luxury medicine. It's medicine done right.
Insurance-based practices need 25–30 patients a day to keep the doors open. Prevention can't be practiced in visits that short. We keep our practice small so the work can be done properly.
Traditional visit
7–12 minutes
Rushed, reactive, and focused on the complaint of the day.
Your visit at HAPC
45–60 minutes
Unhurried time to review imaging, labs, and the plan — with your doctor.
My cholesterol was normal. My blood pressure was fine. Dr. Lourié found significant plaque my previous tests had completely missed — we caught it early, and some of the buildup has even reversed.
Your physicians
Doctors with time to be doctors.
Decades of clinical experience, focused on one thing: finding cardiovascular disease before it finds you.
John Lourié, M.D.
Founder & Medical Director
Board-certified internist specializing in cardiovascular disease prevention through advanced imaging and personalized medicine.
Amparo Gordian, M.D.
Physician
Dedicated to cardiovascular disease prevention and delivering personalized, concierge-level patient care.
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•Schedule a visit
Your arteries have a story. Let's read it early.
Come see what a 60-minute appointment feels like. We'll walk you through the imaging, the labs, and what membership at HAPC would look like for you.
(941) 746-5200 Request an appointmentOffice
Heart Attack Prevention Center4900 Manatee Ave W, Suite 201
Bradenton, FL 34209
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