lucky401
Active member
Hi Folks,
I live in the Philadelphia area. I just had a cath on Friday and found out that my aortic bicuspid valve needs replacing along with an ascending aortic anuerism repair. I had the cath done at Abington Hospital and my cardiologist, who I like very much is affiliated with Abington. I had been seeing a cardiolgist at University of Pennsylvania that I did not care for and switched to this guy at Abington. I know my valve opening is at .9 but did not get a measured size of the anuerism but the doc said it was in the fours. He said if it was a five they would not have let me go home. I am 58 years old and have to make some decisions regarding the type of valve I want. But aside from that I am nervous about finding the right surgeon. At Abington they have Dr. V. Paul Addonizio who I am meeting with soon. He is supposed to be world reknown and is originally from the University of Pa. In fact the doc who did the cath is from U of PA and apparently a lot of the docs at Abington are from Penn.
I am torn because Penn is supposed to be the best in the Philadelphia area but Abington is supposed to be very good as well. How can I evaluate the hospitals and doctors? I don't know where to look for doctor stats and how many surgeries they have performed. Does anyone know where I can start to look for all this information?
I am planning to have surgery in June after school is over.
Thanks for all your help and advice.
Barb
I live in the Philadelphia area. I just had a cath on Friday and found out that my aortic bicuspid valve needs replacing along with an ascending aortic anuerism repair. I had the cath done at Abington Hospital and my cardiologist, who I like very much is affiliated with Abington. I had been seeing a cardiolgist at University of Pennsylvania that I did not care for and switched to this guy at Abington. I know my valve opening is at .9 but did not get a measured size of the anuerism but the doc said it was in the fours. He said if it was a five they would not have let me go home. I am 58 years old and have to make some decisions regarding the type of valve I want. But aside from that I am nervous about finding the right surgeon. At Abington they have Dr. V. Paul Addonizio who I am meeting with soon. He is supposed to be world reknown and is originally from the University of Pa. In fact the doc who did the cath is from U of PA and apparently a lot of the docs at Abington are from Penn.
I am torn because Penn is supposed to be the best in the Philadelphia area but Abington is supposed to be very good as well. How can I evaluate the hospitals and doctors? I don't know where to look for doctor stats and how many surgeries they have performed. Does anyone know where I can start to look for all this information?
I am planning to have surgery in June after school is over.
Thanks for all your help and advice.
Barb