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Belen
Hi,
Could anybody recommend a surgeon and a pediatric cardiologist we could see to ask for a second opinion? We live near San Francisco and we are currently seeing a cardiologist at UCSF children's hospital. We were considering checking Lucile Packard children's hospital at Stanford. Any recommendations regarding the choice?
Our son Gregorio is four years old and he will need a valve replacement in the next few months. He underwent an Arterial Switch procedure when he was born, and he had a valvotomy on his bicuspid and defectvie neo-aortic valve. We were hoping we could wait a few more years, but the time to replace the valve has come. We need to determine the time and the procedure (choices are not many in our case I guess) and, although we think his present cardiologist is very well prepared, we feel we need more guidance and would like to check for a second opinion and other possibilities.
Any advice or comments are welcome.
Belen (Gregorio's mom)
Could anybody recommend a surgeon and a pediatric cardiologist we could see to ask for a second opinion? We live near San Francisco and we are currently seeing a cardiologist at UCSF children's hospital. We were considering checking Lucile Packard children's hospital at Stanford. Any recommendations regarding the choice?
Our son Gregorio is four years old and he will need a valve replacement in the next few months. He underwent an Arterial Switch procedure when he was born, and he had a valvotomy on his bicuspid and defectvie neo-aortic valve. We were hoping we could wait a few more years, but the time to replace the valve has come. We need to determine the time and the procedure (choices are not many in our case I guess) and, although we think his present cardiologist is very well prepared, we feel we need more guidance and would like to check for a second opinion and other possibilities.
Any advice or comments are welcome.
Belen (Gregorio's mom)