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@niravani

Hi, thank you for sharing your experience. At CC, they would only book me to see cardiologist and once they feel surgery is the option then they would introduce to the surgeon. At least what they told me!
I was just not happy as how come you can have such gap in ECHO and my CT or Echo results! (4.6 vs 5.3?)
Since I did CT and ECHO again and both shown 4.6 and unchanged.
I have made my mind that when time comes, I will do my surgery at the local hospital and surgeon who is very good and has done 800+ surgeries.
He told me that when you go CC like place, most experience surgeon are only there as supervision and actually surgery is done by the junior! While locally, I am assured that the surgeon I see is the same guy going my surgery!
Not impressed at all with CC! Good luck to you.

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This is helpful. My cardiologist told me the same thing about the big medical centers with the reputations. I'm going to make sure I vet the surgeon, feel comfortable with him whoever he turns out to be, and stick to him like glue. I'm 79 and am hoping I never get to the point of needing surgery. As I get older, I'll have more questions. Thank goodness for this group.