Wishing you an uneventful surgery and speedy recovery. Hoping that by relating an experience of an other it will ease your mind a bit. She is a heavy set woman in her late 6O’s brought to the doctor by her adult children who were concerned because she had difficulty walking up an inclined driveway to go to a party. Doctor listened to her chest and said your going straight to the hospital ER. She had no choice or time to research for of a surgeon. She required aortic open heart surgery. She was in the hospital for a week and then rehab for another two. Now a year latter she is fine and has resumed regular activities. Wishing the same for you.

Thanks. I chose Cooperman Barnabas. Hopefully everything will go well. Put it all in God's hands.

I know someone living in New Jersey who is a retired RN. She worked in the NICU not with cardiac but when it came to seeking cardiac care for her husband she choose the Jersey Shore U. Medical Ctr.