{"id":10149,"date":"2013-01-24T12:31:04","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T17:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/?p=10149"},"modified":"2018-08-26T18:55:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T23:55:09","slug":"mitral-valve-repair-story-dr-marc-gerdisch-md","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2013\/01\/24\/mitral-valve-repair-story-dr-marc-gerdisch-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Angie Feels 15 Younger After Mitral Valve Repair Thanks To Dr. Gerdisch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The patient success stories and surgeon testimonials continue to roll in. This time, Angie Gregory sent me a fantastic update following her mitral valve repair surgery.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10150\" alt=\"Angie Gregory - Mitral Valve Repair Patient Of Dr. Marc Gerdisch\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/..\/Images\/dr-marc-gerdisch-patient-success.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"368\" \/>Angie Gregory &#8211; Mitral Valve Repair Patient<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>In her note, Angie writes:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Hi Adam,<\/p>\n<p>After losing confidence in my own cardiac team in Kentucky, I began a search for a better surgeon. Research led me to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Marc-Gerdisch-Indianapolis-Indiana.php\">Doctor Marc Gerdisch, MD<\/a>, an acclaimed heart valve surgeon in Indianapolis. I reached out to him and he personally contacted me within hours. Our initial contact left me with the impression that he was not only a compassionate surgeon but also a very competent one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As our dealings progressed, my first impression was right. I had just turned 37 years old and my mitral valve was completely diseased and no longer functioning properly. The quality of my life had severely decreased. Because of my age, I wanted a surgeon that had a high success rate for repairing valves verses replacing them. My former cardiac team couldn\u2019t offer that option. However, Dr. Gerdisch had an amazing record of just under 100% success rate. He is a brilliant surgeon and also a benevolent individual. I felt completely confident in his ability and impressed by his drive to find a way to help me. He also made it a priority that I understood the entire process of my upcoming heart surgery. He is not only gifted as a surgeon but also in dealing with his patients.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10218\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/..\/Images\/dr-marc-gerdisch-md_12.jpg\" width=\"202\" height=\"248\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dr. Marc Gerdisch &#8211; Angie&#8217;s Heart Surgeon<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>After the surgery, Dr. Gerdisch&#8217;s bedside manner was impeccable. All of my questions were answered and explained with care. He still monitors my progress, examining my echocardiograms, even though I live in another state. In a time when I felt my own cardiac team had failed me and my options were limited, I reached out to Dr. Gerdisch, a man I\u2019d never met. He was a beacon in my darkness and I have the utmost respect for him. I happily give my highest recommendations for anyone who wants the perfect balance of an exceptionally capable surgeon with a vast ability for compassion and kindness.<\/p>\n<p>I haven\u2019t felt this healthy in 15 years! I feel youthful and energetic. I feel like I have my life back but even better than before. I hoped I&#8217;d feel better after surgery but I didn&#8217;t realize how much better I would feel. I&#8217;d been ill for so long that I&#8217;d actually forgotten what good health felt like. I cannot thank Dr. Gerdisch enough.<\/p>\n<p>Angie Gregory, Kentucky<br \/>\nMitral Valve Repair, 2\/10\/12<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}