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Dr. Ramon Garcia Garcia and his son Dr. Ricardo Garcia are both cardiologist that we feel very comfortable to recommend.  They often work together as a team, coordinating care between Lakeside and Guadalajara for patients that may need to go to Guadalajara for a procedure.  Garcia Sr works out of San Antonio hospital, his fee is $1000 pesos for a visit. Garcia Jr comes once a week to see patients, on Thursdays I believe.  We worked with both of them, their follow up care was very good and they provide their patients with their personal cell numbers so you can get in touch with them at any time.  We once called at 8am on a Sunday and saw Garcia Sr within half an hour.  Good luck to you with your search.

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i did notice that - the reason i brought him up was because I have heard nothing but good about him and with afib and a pace maker I thought maybe i should have a cardio just in case - so i had to cross him off my list and thought there might be others in my boat who were thinking of him -  -realize it went out of the boundaries of his question - d

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Beware of the lakeside  experts and their pacemakers.   

A few years ago my husband was toldmby his doctor to check with a cardio. He went to the one recommended by his doctor and was told on that saturday he needed a pacemake rightaway.It was urgent and the cardio offered  to take us to Guadaljara that day.

I said no way, took my husband home and called two specialists  at Puerto de Hierro and made appointments first thing the following monday morning.

The two cardiologists that we saw separately both agreed my husband did not need a pacemaker  and that electric shocks to the heart was what was needed. They did it and my husband s heart went back to normal and was normal until he died of something unrelated several years later.

It pays to get second and third opinions.

I just got two lung specialists who wanted me to do a bronchoscopy,I really was not  anxious to do that and went to a top specialist in Guadaljara who had me do another scan and cameisup with a totally differnt diagnosis that made sense to me so I am now seeing a gastro instead of doing a bunch of tests on the lungs that did not make sense to me.    Find out who the good specialists are in Guadalajara and get second opinions..That is my advice.

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re bmh post.  I am glad you got a second opinion re the pacemaker and found it wasn't needed.  Alas , in the end, I did. have to have one.    I had a series of "spells" in Portland for a couple of years and since there is no heart trouble in the family - but let's not talk ab out cancer - I simply ignored it. until when hiking  I couldn't even make it up the slightest hill without nearly passing out.   I had been leader of the pack for years until suddenly I was lagging behind.    The leader of the hike, whose husband had afib, said you had best see a doctor.     Finally, I had to see the electrophysisit in Portland and yes, I needed a pacemaker which I really didn't believe I needed.  However, giving in, I showed up in the outpatient surgery department and got all prepared to go in and have  the pacemaker installed but then decided I wasn't going to go through with it.  When my doc came out I told him he would have the next hour or so off since I was going home.    Luckily, he knew me well enough to know I was a bit looney so gave me his blessing and off I went.

The next year found me in the ER every three months getting the shock treatments which did indeed get my heart back to normal but after a year of this and getting more and more dizzy and passing out one day( luckily at home,) I finally had to give in.  By this time, I had changed from Kaiser to Legacy so in a sense I did have a second opinion since doctor #2 completely agreed with doctor #1.  I have been super good since although the lump the pacemaker makes is not the most glamerous thing about me - but then I am REALLY old.  

I agree totally about second opinions and a third if you are still not comfortable with the first two.  If interested, a very good book to read is called How Doctors Think by Jerome Goodman .(?)   He is a Harvard Med center surgeon and wrote of his experience getting a diagnosis for a bad hand.  After seeing the best hand doctors in the Harvard Medical community, it took a young resident to find out what was wrong.  

 

 

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56 minutes ago, dottiejane said:

re bmh post.  I am glad you got a second opinion re the pacemaker and found it wasn't needed.  Alas , in the end, I did. have to have one.    I had a series of "spells" in Portland for a couple of years and since there is no heart trouble in the family - but let's not talk ab out cancer - I simply ignored it. until when hiking  I couldn't even make it up the slightest hill without nearly passing out.   I had been leader of the pack for years until suddenly I was lagging behind.    The leader of the hike, whose husband had afib, said you had best see a doctor.     Finally, I had to see the electrophysisit in Portland and yes, I needed a pacemaker which I really didn't believe I needed.  However, giving in, I showed up in the outpatient surgery department and got all prepared to go in and have  the pacemaker installed but then decided I wasn't going to go through with it.  When my doc came out I told him he would have the next hour or so off since I was going home.    Luckily, he knew me well enough to know I was a bit looney so gave me his blessing and off I went.

The next year found me in the ER every three months getting the shock treatments which did indeed get my heart back to normal but after a year of this and getting more and more dizzy and passing out one day( luckily at home,) I finally had to give in.  By this time, I had changed from Kaiser to Legacy so in a sense I did have a second opinion since doctor #2 completely agreed with doctor #1.  I have been super good since although the lump the pacemaker makes is not the most glamerous thing about me - but then I am REALLY old.  

I agree totally about second opinions and a third if you are still not comfortable with the first two.  If interested, a very good book to read is called How Doctors Think by Jerome Goodman .(?)   He is a Harvard Med center surgeon and wrote of his experience getting a diagnosis for a bad hand.  After seeing the best hand doctors in the Harvard Medical community, it took a young resident to find out what was wrong.  

 

 

What’s the Trouble?How doctors think.

Most physicians already have in mind two or three possible diagnoses within minutes of meeting a patient.

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On 10/24/2022 at 3:22 PM, Yo1 said:

I've tried many searches which haven't been successful.  I'm in need of personal recommendations for a local cardiologist--not Briseño or Moya. TIA

Yo1..... if you're still looking I have 2 possibles to suggest.  Please p.m. me for more

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