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Aortic Aneurysms – Introduce yourself & meet others
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At 80, I feel great. However, the cardiac surgeon suggests open heart to fix a regurgitating aortic valve and, while he's there, to replace a 4.5 cm ascending aorta. I am looking for another, less invasive, solution but finding a cardiologist/surgeon/counselor who understands the options AND Medicare insurance reimbursement is near to impossible here in Raleigh, NC. How do I go about identifying sources/resources with aortic valve/ascending aorta experience? Thank you.
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Go to the cardiology web sites in the hospitals near you or that you’re interested in, look at the providers and their profiles, most Dr profiles will have a section with clinical interests or research interests. For example the profile of my cardiologist says:
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Bicuspid Aortic Valve
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
With that I know this Dr specializes in what I’m interested in. BTW in my case he truly is, my cardiologist is an aneurysm/aortic valve nerd which has been incredibly helpful (I had an ascending aortic aneurysm which was repaired and a bicuspid valve which will need replacing at some point in the future)