Dr Schaff did my surgery and everything went really well. My only concern (and it has nothing to do with HIM) is the soft tissue swelling at the top of the incision. It's to my throat and I still have a bit of a problem swallowing and "tugging" at my neck. Even my doctor here at home says it will go down....I THINK it is starting to, If you're fortunate enough to have your surgery at St Mary's, the Cardiac ICU nurses are THE BEST. ALSO, if you are going to have cardiac rehab, find out how long you'll have to wait. Mayo suggested within 2 weeks and here they could not get me in until mid Aug. By then I won't even need it. It's been just 4 weeks and yesterday I walked over 3 miles already.