Has anyone here consulted with or had Dr. Natale treat them?

Posted by labexperiment @labexperiment, Apr 2 9:55pm

I was able to make a virtual appointment with Dr. Natale for next month. Has anyone here had any contact or treatment with him? His bio is pretty impressive.
I also have a virtual appointments with Dr. Gerstenfeld at UCSF and Dr. Cain at Adventist Heath is St. Helena.

Thanks

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Laurie, Volunteer Mentor | @roch | Apr 3 5:53am

@labexperiment,
Just to clarify, are you talking about Dr. Natale at Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute in Austint?

Taging @qwackertoo, who I believe has seen him.

marybird | @marybird | Apr 3 8:41am

Gloaming sings his praises of the guy too.

labexperiment | @labexperiment | Apr 3 8:43am

In reply to @roch "@labexperiment, Just to clarify, are you talking about Dr. Natale at Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute in..." + (show)

@roch Yes

gloaming | @gloaming | Apr 3 12:25pm

I have not, but my other house on line is afibbers.org forum where they rave about him. He and Dr. Pasquale Santangeli at Cleveland are about the two best in the land.

Oh, and why not interview Dr. Scott Lee who has a very active YouTube channel? He does complex cases routinely, youngish, probably a real crackerjack. You have nothing to lose by interviewing him and seeing if he might be a good... no, great....fit.

labexperiment | @labexperiment | Apr 3 12:59pm

In reply to @gloaming "I have not, but my other house on line is afibbers.org forum where they rave about..." + (show)

@gloaming I've contacted Dr. Lee but no repsonse. Cleveland is a cluster**** and no return call. Texas has been great so far. UCSF is pretty good repsonding usually in a day or 2. St. Helena is pretty good at responding too but the Dr. I spoke with is kind of pompous.

alexjo | @alexjo | Apr 4 7:30am

In reply to @labexperiment "@gloaming I've contacted Dr. Lee but no repsonse. Cleveland is a cluster**** and no return call...." + (show)

@labexperiment
I would like to add Vivek Reddy and Dr. Markowitz@Weill Cornell

lauraheart2026 | @lauraheart2026 | Apr 4 10:51pm

I have had two ablations by him. Both failed and were extensive.. Now have so many PACs and PVCs that my life is miserable, can't sleep, and still on drugs. He and his team slowly just ignored me and point blank told me there is nothing they can do but put me on amioderone or do an AV Node ablation... Which is what other doctors have told me also. His Team of Kim and Trent were no help. He has an ego that he can not admit he failed. And I think he overdid the scarring on me and didn't have to cause this. Also I now have diastolic Heart Failure. I have always been active and now exercise makes my palpitations worse and more symptomatic. I also have gone to the AFIB converence in Dallas many times with my husband. They, Melanie included, do not like it at all if you bring up the fact that ablations often do not work at all... I wish I had never had a singe one. I am still on all the drugs AFTER having 3 ablations.. First was "FLUTTER".. Next two by Natalie.. at great expense, flying, staying weeks in Austin, etc... But mainly, pain afterwards that never went away.

labexperiment | @labexperiment | Apr 4 11:37pm

Thanks for the info OMG that is a horrible result. I too am very skeptical of ablations and their effectiveness. What pain has not gone away?

labexperiment | @labexperiment | Apr 4 11:45pm

In reply to @labexperiment "Thanks for the info OMG that is a horrible result. I too am very skeptical of..." + (show)

@labexperiment What drugs are you on and do they convert you to NSR? If you don't mind sharing what is your diagnosis?

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