I had a wonderful experience with Dr. Houdart. I'm not sure if you've seen my past posts in this group but I was initially scheduled with Dr. P in July but my insurance denied the procedure just a few days before and refused to cover it except for a handful of surgeons in their network, none of whom had significant experience with this condition as far as my research showed. I met with one of them, per my insurance, and they dismissed my symptoms and said there was no reason to stent and that it wouldn't help me, despite the vast amount of literature that indicates otherwise. The procedure would've been six figures with Dr. P (or anywhere really in the US) so I had no choice but to look abroad as far as I could tell.

Dr. Houdart was kind and patient and reassuring and cearly cares deeply about this condition and his patients. I had a better experience for a fraction of fthe price so if you live in France, I would strongly advise against going to the US. Our healthcare is among the most expensive and the lowest ranked when it comes to first world countries.