I wish there were a rating less than one star, maybe like a negative 5, to describe my impression of this so-called cardiologist. A few weeks prior to my first visit to Dr. Gupta, I was hospitalized for 3 days due to atrial fibrillation. Upon release from the hospital, I was advised to see a cardiologist asap. My HMO gave me a choice between Dr. Gupta, and another cardiologist, whose office happens to be across the hall from him. I looked up whatever reviews and ratings I could find online, and discovered both of these doctors had poor reputations. I was stuck between a rock and a hard place, so I gambled on Dr. Gupta. During my first visit, he spent 5 or 10 minutes with me, asked me some routine questions without looking up from his notes, hardly making eye contact, then told me to schedule an echo cardiogram and a stress test. When I told him I just had those tests done in the hospital 2 weeks prior, he didn't seem interested in looking at those results, and wanted to repeat them in his office. I am surprised my HMO even went along with this, as it seems redundant and unnecessary, and just a way to collect more money from my Medi-Cal based insurance. He also ordered for me to wear a portable heart monitor for 24 hours, to record any noteworthy "events." After the tests, I scheduled a follow up to get the results. It came as no surprise that he had uncovered nothing new. He "diagnosed" me with having some "problems" like a fast and irregular heartbeat. I already knew that, and so did all my other doctors, both in and out of the hospital. It's called atrial fibrillation, something I have experienced episodically over the past 10 years, The real kicker was his treatment plan for me: keep taking the same beta blocker I have been on for about 15 years, and add a powerful blood thinner in place of the aspirin I was taking. My insurance would not cover the relatively new and expensive blood thinner he prescribed, so he changed it to warfarin, a drug from the 1950's that I was normally given in the hospital. Anyone taking warfarin needs to be constantly and carefully monitored to maintain their blood at the right consistency. He never explained anything to me about what he was prescribing. I have not heard from him regarding any need for monitoring either. Only by my own online research did I discover the dangers of this medication, and the need for monitoring, as well as potentially harmful interactions with other medications I was taking. I think any reasonable person would consider this a form of malpractice. I decided not to take warfarin after finding out that many scientific studies have shown that many healthy foods I eat and supplements that I happen to take are also potent blood thinners, but don't carry the risks of warfarin, such as bleeding in the brain. I will not be continuing as a patient of Dr. Gupta, because I value my life and my health. read more