Gail in Ca
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Thought I would let you know what happened to me the other day.
I had my 2nd appt with a new Kaiser cardiologist as I am now a Kaiser member( yeah, it bugs me).
He looked at my echo and said "It looks like you must have a bio-prothsthetic valve and not mechanical, by the echo, because I don't see the leaflets like I would normally see on a mechanical valve. " What an ass!! He didn't even listen to my heart before announcing this or he would've heard the clicking!
Then he proceeds to let me know that my right chamber is enlarged and I would look forward to a-fib which would require medication to regulate even if I do get a mitral redo in the future.
Then, even though I had told him my mitral was NOT repairable as I had found out from my last surgery, he says it looks like a good candidate for repair! Aghhh. All this from a so called expert in reading echos.
And he kept me waiting 1hr 20 min after my appt time.
Needless to say , I called my new internal med dr and told her what happened. She has scheduled me another appt with a different cardiologist.
On a good note, my husband will be starting a newjob with a big company in April and so I will not choose Kaiser as my health plan, no big surprise there!
Gail
I had my 2nd appt with a new Kaiser cardiologist as I am now a Kaiser member( yeah, it bugs me).
He looked at my echo and said "It looks like you must have a bio-prothsthetic valve and not mechanical, by the echo, because I don't see the leaflets like I would normally see on a mechanical valve. " What an ass!! He didn't even listen to my heart before announcing this or he would've heard the clicking!
Then he proceeds to let me know that my right chamber is enlarged and I would look forward to a-fib which would require medication to regulate even if I do get a mitral redo in the future.
Then, even though I had told him my mitral was NOT repairable as I had found out from my last surgery, he says it looks like a good candidate for repair! Aghhh. All this from a so called expert in reading echos.
And he kept me waiting 1hr 20 min after my appt time.
Needless to say , I called my new internal med dr and told her what happened. She has scheduled me another appt with a different cardiologist.
On a good note, my husband will be starting a newjob with a big company in April and so I will not choose Kaiser as my health plan, no big surprise there!
Gail