A cardiac surgeon and cardiologist review the same case independently.
Virtual heart surgery second opinion
Heart surgery recommended. Get a two-specialist second opinion.
A cardiac surgeon and cardiologist independently review your records and imaging, confer, and deliver one co-signed report you can use with your treating team.
We reply within 2 business hours. No referral or records are needed to start.
- 2independent physician reviews
- 1co-signed written report
- 24 hrafter the complete record is received
Their findings come together in one co-signed, patient-facing report.
No referral or travel. Begin from home with the records you already have.
Your report is delivered within 24 hours after the required record is complete.
Built for this exact moment
The operation may be right. You should still understand why.
A useful second opinion can confirm the current plan, reveal an unanswered question, or identify another relevant path. It does not need to create disagreement to change the quality of the decision.
Check whether a review fits your caseSurgery was just recommended
You want to understand why this operation, why now, and what the evidence actually shows.
The recommendation still feels unclear
You know the procedure name, but the timing, tradeoffs, or alternatives were not made understandable.
The case is complex or high-risk
Redo surgery, multiple procedures, major comorbidities, or conflicting measurements deserve another disciplined review.
You want to compare reasonable paths
Open surgery, catheter treatment, medical therapy, monitoring, or another approach may need to be placed in context.
WHITEGLOVE Insights™
Not another appointment. A decision document.
The reviewers connect the recommendation to your actual record, make their reasoning visible, and give you practical questions for the clinicians who know and treat you.
The recommendation, reconstructed
The diagnosis, symptoms, test findings, imaging, and proposed operation in one coherent clinical story.
Timing and urgency, explained
What supports acting now, what may allow time, and which uncertainty must go back to the treating team.
Relevant options and tradeoffs
Surgical, catheter-based, medical, or monitoring paths when they are genuinely supported by the record.
The next conversation, prepared
Specific questions to take to the cardiologist, surgeon, and program responsible for your care.
The WHITEGLOVE Heart Team
Surgical and cardiology judgment belong in the same decision.
Each case is assigned both specialties. They review independently before conferring, so one perspective does not simply echo the other.
Meet the full Heart Team01THE REVIEW STANDARD
Cardiac surgery
02Rahul R. Handa, MD
Cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon · Founder
View physician profileInterventional cardiology
Sandeep M. Patel, MD, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI
Structural and interventional cardiologist · Co-founder
View physician profileIndependent first. Together second. Co-signed at the end.
The assigned reviewers examine the same required records and imaging before their findings are brought into one report.
How it works
Start with the recommendation—not a perfect file folder.
You can send the first message in your own words. Our team helps identify what the physicians need before the review clock begins.
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Tell us what was recommended
Use your own words. No referral and no records are required to send the first message.
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We help organize the record
Upload what you have. With your authorization, our team helps identify the reports and imaging the reviewers need.
- 03
Two physicians review independently
A cardiac surgeon and cardiologist examine the same complete record, then confer on the findings.
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Receive one co-signed report
The report gives you the reasoning, relevant options, tradeoffs, and questions for your treating team.
Already have a surgery date?Tell us in the first message so the team understands the timing.
Tell us what was recommended Condition-specific guidance
Go directly to the review that matches the recommendation.
Direct answers
What patients and families ask first.
If your question is specific to a diagnosis, timing, or scheduled operation, send it to the team in your own words.
Ask about my situationShould I get a second opinion before heart surgery?+
Another review may be useful when the recommendation, timing, alternatives, risk, or choice of surgeon and program remains unclear. If your situation may be urgent, first ask the clinicians responsible for your care whether there is time for another review.
What if the second opinion agrees with my current team?+
Agreement can still be valuable. A strong review makes the reasoning, expected benefit, risk, timing, alternatives, and remaining questions easier to understand. The purpose is clarity, not manufactured disagreement.
Who reviews my case?+
A cardiac surgeon and cardiologist independently review the same required records and imaging, confer, and co-sign one patient-facing WHITEGLOVE Insights™ report.
What records are usually needed?+
The exact record depends on the decision. It may include cardiology and surgery notes, echocardiography, catheterization, CT or MRI, laboratory results, prior operative reports, the proposed plan, and the actual imaging—not only the written report.
When does the 24-hour turnaround begin?+
The 24-hour review window begins after all required records and imaging are received and confirmed complete.
Do I need a referral or need to travel?+
No referral is required, and the review is completed virtually. You can begin from home. With your authorization, the records team can help identify and request relevant missing materials.
Can I speak with a reviewing physician?+
Every completed case includes the two independent reviews and one co-signed written report. A service level that adds one live consultation with one reviewing physician is also available.
Should I delay urgent care while I wait?+
No. Do not delay urgent or time-sensitive care for an online review. Continue following your treating team’s instructions, and call 911 or seek immediate emergency care for possible emergency symptoms.
Independent educational review
A second set of eyes—not a replacement for your treating team.
WHITEGLOVEMD reviews the required records and imaging and explains the decision in writing. Your treating clinicians remain responsible for examination, testing, prescriptions, treatment, urgent decisions, and ongoing care.
Before the decision becomes final
Tell us what was recommended and what still feels unanswered.
You do not need the right medical words, a referral, or every record to begin.
We reply within 2 business hours · no referral · fully virtual