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Regular readers of this blog know that I frequently link to Carolyn Thomas’s website “About Women and Heart Disease.” Once again she has hit the nail on the head — this time a collection of anecdotes that her readers have reported about their interactions with cardiologists or doctors. It is painful, frightening and educational to [...]
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One of the major factors that influences the profession (and experience) of cardiology is that cardiologists are predominately male. Over-stating the stereotype, women are usually more concerned about relationship than men: my experience of cardiologists is that they emphasize facts over feelings, authority over collaboration. Although I have not found any direct research about [...]
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When I had my first ever meeting with a cardiologist (fifteen minutes worth) after having symptoms of dizziness, nausea, difficulty breathing, and chest pain, I was never given any written information about heart disease, angina, the symptoms of a heart attack, etc. I was given an appointment card to come back in two weeks, after [...]
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My first experience with a cardiologist was not auspicious. I went to the emergency room at the Fairbanks Memorial Hospitals with symptoms of dizziness, nausea and difficulty breathing. I was allowed to leave the hospital only if I agree to fly to see a cardiologist Anchorage the next day. (In the emergency room, on a late [...]
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The Main Artery It appears that concierge medicine is moving beyond primary care to take hold in cardiology. Cardiologists with the Pacific Heart Institute in Santa Monica, CA recently announced that they will start charging patients between $500 and $7,500 for special “extended” access services and same-day appointments. Starting April 1, patients at Pacific Heart [...]
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