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Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Nov 8, 2023 | Replies (45)Comment receiving replies
@feelingthankful, we have a virtual consultation in February with a Mayo cardiologist. According to the transplant team, all cardiovascular disease has to be fixed before one is qualified for kidney transplant. Even if the Mayo cardiologist clears hubby's heart, we still have the kidney transplant team cardiologist to deal with. They also have to approve. If it comes to doing a bypass or not, my gut feeling tells me not to do it, if not necessary, even it means hubby has to forgo a kidney transplant!
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@caretakermom Have you considered using Mayo Clinic for your transplant center? They work from a team approach, and cardiologist and transplant team are all under one roof. Here is the website for the transplant centers https://www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/kidney-transplant/home/orc-20203197
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My point and question is, when you say: “ Even if the Mayo cardiologist clears hubby's heart, we still have the kidney transplant team cardiologist to deal with”
What if this kidney team cardiologist is a “friendly” and you can convince him/her based on what the UCLA doc is saying, or he/she already agrees when reviewing the basic facts? Won’t that be the fastest path?
Can you try to get this in front of that person to find out? Wondering if that may be the quickest path if that person agrees. However I am just guessing but wondering if a reason you are not taking that path now.