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I Have A Pulmonologist Specialist But Should I Also Have A Cardiologist Specialist Along My Journey? Dr's Are Leaving It Up To Me.
I have PAH with chronic right sided heart failure. Av malformation with right to left shunting.
Misty5:
I have both on my Team and they both work out of the PAH Clinic.
Yes, having both a pulmonologist and a cardiologist on your care team is important for managing PAH, especially with chronic right-sided heart failure and AV malformation with right-to-left shunting. Here’s why:
- Cardiologists: They specialize in the cardiovascular system and can run tests like echocardiograms to monitor Show Full Answer
I have both a regular cardiologist and a PH specialist who is a pulmonologist. I also have a general pulmonologist. All 3 communicate with each other and are NOT redundant.
I have both a pulmonologist that specializes in PH care and a cardiologist. My cardiologist defers to my pulmonologist for all my PAH care since this is her area of expertise. Personally, I believe you should have both on your team.
Well.. since I am not sure but the more eyes and opinions the more information it gives you to make decisions about your care and questions to ask to help you get that information the biggest thing I find is want them as a team I want them all working together with me not as separate individuals. When they did the cath in August I spent 6 days having fluid pulled off me followed up with cardiologist, cardiovascular &thorasic, surgeon went from there to the heart and lung transplant team ..I am prepping to enter a study for experimental treatment and trying to get palliative care started .
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