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I am excited to have read your reply to Dave - I am 74 years old and was diagnosed with a Low Flow Paradoxical Aortic Stenosis. I live in Mpls and plan on going to Mayo Clinic Rochester. I have been in a watch and wait situation because I am Asymptomatic. The change in fall of 2024 from 1-2 years watch Moderate and wait to January 2025 Severe category evan though I still feel asymptomatic. I have gone back to Mayo for testing since 2019 with Mankad and Michelena . I have been in discussions with the TAVOR contacts at Metropolitan Heart and Vascular - Dr Chambers, Drs Funke and Benner in Charleston SC, whom my children know. Of the list 0f 10 Interventional Cardiologists that were sent to me via a portal, I am struggling with not knowing them and have not had an appointment with them, I am scheduled with Gulati August 19th. My grown children who are in medical sales in Charleston want me to obtain information on the interventionalists and to understand who they are and their backgrounds, surgery success, number of surgeries etc before I agree to surgery or go back to Charleston to have the surgery. I have been a patient since 2019 when I had an appt with Dr. Stuart in Orthopedics for a knee issue and because he was a USA Hockey coach that took my son to Japan and was the team Dr. Is there a site other than the Mayo Clinic site which gives a bio on the Interventionalists? I also see that Cleveland Clinic has done 1800 plus TAVR Aortic Replacements and the information I have seen indicates that Mayo Rochester has only completed 800+ The South Carolina Dr. has completed many TAVR Aortic Replacements. My question is how do I "really" find information on the Mayo TAVR Drs to ease my childrens fears?