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Then they pulled the sheath back through the arteries and redirected it to be deposited on the inside of my left inner thigh artery which is where they left it on purpuse and where it would do know harm to me to have it there. This was according to them.
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You keep referencing "them" - we keep suggesting contacting "them" since "they" did the procedure, are familiar with this procedure, and will be more familiar with potential complications both soon and long after the procedure. To me it does not make since to leave a sheath or other nonfunctional item in the body, but I have no frame of reference for this procedure and why this would potentially be done, hence my deferment (as well as other medical professionals on this forum) to the person who performed the procedure.
Yes, adult cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons do not manage congenital heart conditions. I remember caring for 60 year olds as a pediatric resident, after catheterization to monitor/assess abnormal heart valves that were present since birth. The fact that this procedure was done by a pediatric sepcialist does not mean you shouldn't contact them.
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Since "Coarc" is a known childhood disease I had to get mine done again back in 2003 in Akron Childrens hospital (ACH)....
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...I was first or second in the world to have it done here in Childrens in the summer of 1970.
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These statements seem to contradict each other - did you have this procedure in 2003 or 1970? Or was the procedure in 2003 a revision of the original procedure? You're ability to clearly and succintly describe your issue is lacking.
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My name should show up in periodicals, well, at least I was told it was. Besides, I always use to get the "So your M--- -----, I or we have heard about you before!
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I don't know how this is pertinent to your current problems. I never aspired to be a case report in the medical literature.
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Maybe one of you have access to medical procedures that made medical history or something of the sort?
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Having access to medical journals does not make us pediatric heart surgeons. The only cardiac medical procedures to make history that I paid attention to were the ones names after the pediatric congenital heart surgeon that I rounded with during my pediatric residency because he liked to give us impromptu quizzes on his procedure (we got PIMPed hard on that rotation).
Speaking as a subspecialist physician, we tend not to read journals outside of the scope of our practice (read: focused on another subspeciality), unless we have a patient with a specific issue about which we want to learn more. Even then, we typically call a colleague who is a subspecialist in that area who is familial with the current practice and relevent/recent literature who can put our patient's issue in context and help manage the problems that fall within his area of expertise.
In summary: Several medical professionals here have suggested you contact the surgeon. No matter how much more information you post in this thread - clearly stated or otherwise - it is highly unlikely (nearing 0% probability) that our recommendations are going to change. If our recommendation is not satisfactory to you, perhaps you should seek out a congenital heart disease medical forum with vetted congenital heart defect surgeons to continue this discussion.