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Gustavo Sotomora

Gustavo Sotomora

Gustavo Sotomora Quick Facts

Experience: 14 years

University Degree: Physician and surgeon, academic degree obatained.

Special Studies:

  • Medicine Postgraduate Program at Hospital Roosevelt
  • Internal Medicine Postgraduate Program at Brooklyn Hospital
  • Cardiology Postgraduate Program at Brooklyn Hospital Center.

Memberships:

  • Guatemala Cardiology Association Phone: 24500855. ascargua@terra.com.gt
  • Guatemala Internal Medicine Association Phone: 23605285 and 5295.
  • Latinamerican Interventionist Cardiology Society.
  • Latinamerican Interventionist Cardiology Society (www.solacy.org)
  • Interventionist Cardiology Chapter of the European Cardiologist Society.

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Affordable Heart Surgery in Guatemala city

Angels Abroad is a company that helps people travel to Guatemala city to have affordable medical treatments with doctors trained in the US and in world class facilities. This is an example of heart surgery prices: Heart bypass in the US: $100,000. In Guatemala: $20,000. We also help americans to finance surgeries.

October 6, 2008

Contacting Gustavo Sotomora

Other highlights

Heart surgeries that are performed with big success in Guatemala:

Heart Bypass

(starting at US $20,000 performed by Dr. Rodolfo Bonilla in Guatemala. For more information, please call our toll free number 800.959.02.84. International callers: (502) 23.82.88.11. E-mail: info@angelsabroad.com)

Description: When heart artery is obstructed due to fat accumulation, a coronary bypass is necessary, which consists in sewing one area of leg vein (saphenous vein), or other part of the body to create a new blood circulation route to the heart.

Requiered days in Guatemala: 14

Suggested stay length: 21 days

Number of trips to Guatemala: 1

Necessary rest time: 14 days

Anesthesia: Sedation

Surgery's duration: Up to 4 hours

Pre-operative care: Keep taking medicaments up to surgery date. Interrupt taking aspirin and clopidogrel (platelet drugs) at least for 10 days before surgery.

Post-operative care: No lifting heavy objects. Protect breastbone in case of frequent cough. Follow cardiologist instructions.

Diet: Low fat food. Food containing protein. Food with low sugar level. No eating fried food. No eating highly seasoning food.

Recommendations: Exercise for recovery.

Side Effects: Dizziness. Headache. Sporadic Nauseas

Complications: Post operative bleeding. Malignant Arrhythmia. Infection of injury surgery and left inferior member (from saphenous veins are taken (veins that run through leg).

Notes: All injuries are sutured that are not necessary to be removed (Body absorbs them).

Coronary Angeoplasty

(performed by Dr. Gustavo Soto Mora in Guatemala. For price please call our toll free number 800.959.02.84. International callers: (502) 23.82.88.11. E-mail: info@angelsabroad.com)

Description: Dilatation of obstructive plaquets in coronary artery through stent baloons.

Requiered days in Guatemala: 7

Suggested stay length: 7 days

Number of trips to Guatemala: 1

Necessary rest time: 24 days

Anesthesia: Local

Surgery's duration: 1 hour

Pre-operative care: none.

Post-operative care: Bed rest.

Diet: Normal.

Recommendations: Limited activities for 4-5 days.

Side Effects: None.

Complications: Local effects, local bleeding, hematoms, cardiac arrithmya , infart, death.