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Suggest Whether Angioplasty Is Necessary For A Heart Disease
i am a 66-year-old man with recent inferior wall MI and following are my angiography details:
left main: normal bifurcates into LAD and LCx
LAD: type III vessel shows two tandem proximal 40% stenosis followed by 80% stenosis.
LCx: nondominant vessel and is normal.
RCA: dominant vessel and shows 75% stenosis immediately after RV branch and 40% stenosis before bifurcation of PDA and PLV.
renals: normal
LIMA/RIMA: normal.
LV angio: good LV function LVEF 55%
comments: double vessel CAD with good LV function
Is angioplasty necessary in my case or i can be okay with medications.
left main: normal bifurcates into LAD and LCx
LAD: type III vessel shows two tandem proximal 40% stenosis followed by 80% stenosis.
LCx: nondominant vessel and is normal.
RCA: dominant vessel and shows 75% stenosis immediately after RV branch and 40% stenosis before bifurcation of PDA and PLV.
renals: normal
LIMA/RIMA: normal.
LV angio: good LV function LVEF 55%
comments: double vessel CAD with good LV function
Is angioplasty necessary in my case or i can be okay with medications.
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Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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as you have double vessel diseases..please go for stent angioplasty...it will give better results than drugs ..at your age you should go
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