Angiography Questions

Hello Lybrate user. Carry on previous medicines as it is. U have not mentioned your kidney function reports. Go for it. Your lifestyle, addictions,alcohism matters in hypertension though your reports are normal. Do daily morning walk, Yogasanas.Avoid oily food .Low salt diet is essential. Good Day.

Trust your doctor and get bypass surgery done.
I am sure your team of doctors will take every care about anesthesia and blood loss during the surgery but one cannot give up on hope at age 70 . having to live with 3 vessels blocks.Left hand pain indicates unstable angina.
good luck.

Good to know about no blockages in heart vessels and normal endoscopy reports at age 42.
Your blood sugar reports & BP should be in control too, so I presume.
Our eating habits are faulty-accept it.
Acid is produced within stomach to make food softer to digest and process is going on @ 24 hours whether we eat or fast-both are bad if done in excess.
Drink either of these every 2 hours so that acid does not remain collected in stomach. It gets moving the healthy way without hurting...more

Dear lybrateuser,
-the normal ejection fraction of heart is 55-65%
-go as per the cardiologists advice as whether to do surgery or not will depend on the angiography result also
-till then she should follow a heart healthy diet with more of fruits & vegetables including green leafy & seasonal ones, wholegrains, low fat dairy products, nuts - almonds, walnuts, pistachios, cashews, peanuts, flax seeds.
-mild exercise like walking if she can.

Hi lybrate-user,
do not worry please first of all go for investigation in angiography if the block is in thin blood vessels it will rule out. Reduce triglycerides especially ldl,
* avoid fatty food, fried and junk foods.
* aviod late night meals * take flax seeds powder of 2 tablespoons mix with water
* take of horse gram should be increasesd.
* increase intake of garlic in food, garlic, flax seeds and horse gram help to reduce cholestrol.

Take it as a shock treatment. 2 blockages are removed and you will lead a normal life if you are are fully careful about dos and do nots. Do not smoke or get exposed to pollution. Keep blood sugar levels and lipids levels within healthy range. Eat moderately and keep bp and weight under control. Exercise moderately according to constitution. Take more proteins like milk and curds. All of proteins supplements. Reduce bad fats like transfats out of your food plate. Eat good fats like a spoon of de...more

Please don't worry be relaxed about high blood pressure keep a regular monitor and please continue all your medicine most important go for mild exercise and avoid stress and all will be alright have healthy diet and avoid high cholesterol diet. Take care.

CT angio has its own limitation and can not b replaced by angiography .
( as percentage of blockage can only b ruled out in angiography and DM patients are on more risk of blockages)
2 d echo and stress test indicates whether you must go for angiogram or no need of it if your heart function well.
so send reports of your 2 d echo and stress test to help you.

Such issues are critical questions requiring very meticulous judgement which is possible only after getting to know entire case history of the patient. It will not be prudent to give any affirmative response to your query as I can guess the cardiologist in charge has probably advised for angioplasty and based on that you are seeking second or third opinion. That is very essential and you are doing exactly what I would have done for my own family. But no doctor will be able to opine without havin...more

Get echo done. If ecg and echo ok then angio not required. That is req only if chest pain going on and ecg shows fresh changes. Atleast not needed in current admission.