My husband, young 30 y/o, had developed new onset CHF symptoms within a very short time frame of probably 3 months. After an urgent referral was made when we saw he had a severely reduced EF, we were able to see Dr. Daniel the next day (other cardiologist we wanted was on vacation). We waited probably 2 hours but we expected it as a new patient being worked in with one day notice. The nurse did not listen to anything I was trying to tell her. She kept her back to me. She took his vitals and "filled in the boxes" (as I call it) on his chart. Dr. Daniel was in the office a total of mayne five minutes to tell us treatment options included a life vest and pacemaker/defibrillator, and referral to Emory for a heart transplant. This was our first visit, our first time meeting him, and we had less than 24 hours processing the previous day's news. There was zero sympathy. He did no physical exam. He leaned against the cabinet as though this was daily news for a 30 year old. He saw what the chart and what the ECHO report stated but he did not "see" the patient. My husband has been a firefighter for 12 years and is very active and had been healthy all his life previously. Dr. Daniel offered no medications. He didnt do a heart catheterization to start ruling out why this happened. We felt like we were being pawned off like he didn't want to deal with it when he said go to Emory. We got a second opinion a week later. 7 months later with medications, close monitoring, blood tests, and PCP management, his EF is almost back to normal. No transplant needed. No life vest. No pacemaker. No unnecessary invasive procedures. Dr. Daniel...you should see my husband now. read more
