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Originally Posted by Villages PL
I could be wrong, but from reading previous posts I think this may be the problem that prevents surgery. To be clear, are you saying a heart condition would make the OP ineligible for surgery?
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In my experience, my surgeons required a written clearance from my cardiologist before the surgeons would operate.
The form indicates the level of risk involved, which includes low risk, medium risk and high risk. Approval is sometimes given even when it involves high risk because going without the particular surgery would leave the patient with an unacceptably poor quality of life.
There is a separate sentence where the cardiologist either approves or disapproves the surgery.