Comments on: About me

By: b yanagawa

b yanagawa — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:11:17 +0000

This is great. I am a cardiac surgery resident in Canada and have found this to be very helpful.

Thank you!
Bobby

By: Vikas Singh

Vikas Singh — Sun, 30 May 2010 09:42:41 +0000

Its really a great effort that u have put in.. And surely its helping us in a lot of ways..
I am a cardiology fellow..and find it really helpful.
Thanks..Kp up the gud work

By: James Thomas

James Thomas — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:59:13 +0000

Ente saare,
This is too much and too good.How on earth did u get the time n motivation to do this?Hats off to u….ningal puliyalla..puppuli aane……

By: mom

mom — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:13:55 +0000

re congenital valvular aortic stenosis…where does the prognosis of 60% will die before age 40 come from? My son was born with a bicuspid valve and severe aortic stenosis..he has had 2 caths and is now mild..he is 6 years old. I have never been told of such a bleak prognosis though I have asked about figures and I was told he is expected to live to be an “old man”..We go to SickKids in Toronto and there care is outstanding. Does this figure co-relate to different countries..I see you are from India.
Thanks

By: rabia

rabia — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:22:02 +0000

hi there

im a cardiology fellow in the us , your site is excellent !

By: Bindu

Bindu — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:09:38 +0000

Hi,

Excellent work JC. Keep it up.

By: Mary Valdez

Mary Valdez — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:12:42 +0000

Dr. Thejus,

Your site is the first I’ve been able to find that remotely relates to my grandson’s condition. We are desperate to find help from someone that can help us better understand and ultimately help my grandson.

He is 22 months old; diagnosed at birth with
– TOF with APV (with obstructive airway
issues)
– Dextrocardia
– 22q13.3 deletion syndrome

He’s had 2 open-heart surgeries with more to follow (to replace pulmonary valve)
– 1st surgery was to put in a pulmonary
valve and repair a hole in his heart that
went from one chamber to the other. They
did something to relieve airway
obstruction. He was aspirating to they put
in a G-J tube to increase feeds/administer
meds.
– 2nd surgery was to replace pulmonary
valve (was leaking); repair (2nd time)
abnormal branching pulmonary artery
compressing bronchi.

Docs are trying but we can tell they’ve not come across a case like him before. They call him a “textbookcase”. He now vomits all the time. We give hima diretic to reduce water retention which causes his potassium levels to flucuate which in turn requires him to then be given potassium.

Poor baby has been through a lot. We search in hope to find a fix; at a minimum, improve his quality of life. At the very least, we’d like to better understand the combined anomolies in hopes to serve as a better advocate for him.

Mary

By: ecardio

ecardio — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:26:58 +0000

Hi doc!
I’m a regular follower of your site, it’s very useful for me as a cardiology resident in Iran.
All the best.

By: Dr. Johnson Francis

Dr. Johnson Francis — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:37:36 +0000

I agree fully with Dr. Jaffer Basheer. Your site is really excellent and needs more attention from medical professionals.

Let us hope that Dr. Jaffer will start his pulmonology site soon and link up with Heart Pearls!

By: Dr.Jaffar Basheer

Dr.Jaffar Basheer — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:57:26 +0000

Hi JC, your site is simply EXCELLENT..
But it deserves more attention and advertisement among medical professionals…
Because your efforts must be fruitful and usefull..

Actually i am looking to start a site on pulmonology and i look forward for your guidance on how to start..
Once again congratulations on your efforts..