Hi tmc -
Jules gave you a very good & thorough reply regarding the heart attack question. The concern I have is that your doctor doesn’t really know what’s involved w/ ES surgery based on what you said in your profile info about how it would be billed. Since you now have a potential complication caused by ES, if I were you, I’d get myself to one of the more experience doctors on our doctors’ list unless you are not able to travel to see one of them. Another member from your state went to Dr. Ryan Osborn for surgery in Los Angeles area & had good results. There are also several doctors at UCLA med center who do ES surgery. The most experienced ES doctor is in San Jose, CA, - Dr. Hussein Samji. I’m including the link for the doctors’ list below.
https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/us-doctors-familiar-with-es-2019/4752