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What Causes Breathing Difficulties Despite Angioplasty?

My father had an angioplasty six yrs back, for last 3 months he has problem in walking, if he walks for 2 minutes, he is having sever breathing problems, his ECG IS ok, he takes his medicines daily and on time. should he go for one more angiography? if yes what is the risk? his age is 78 yrs.
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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hi
angiography is a invasive test
breatlessness on walking is medically termed as dypnoe on exertion and your father is having class 2 dyspnoea on exertion at present which can not be neglected any how

our aim in this patient is to find out
if there is any new blockage
if stents are working properly
if left ventricle ejection fraction is normal

stress m1b1 gated scan with spects (akka stress thallium) is a great test to provide a reliable answr to all these questions
its a non invasive test
angiography is a invasive test and some time fatality is also reported
sensitivity of stress thallium is 97%
i would not recommend angigraphy as of now go for a stress thallium firstly
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What Causes Breathing Difficulties Despite Angioplasty?

hi angiography is a invasive test breatlessness on walking is medically termed as dypnoe on exertion and your father is having class 2 dyspnoea on exertion at present which can not be neglected any how our aim in this patient is to find out if there is any new blockage if stents are working properly if left ventricle ejection fraction is normal stress m1b1 gated scan with spects (akka stress thallium) is a great test to provide a reliable answr to all these questions its a non invasive test angiography is a invasive test and some time fatality is also reported sensitivity of stress thallium is 97% i would not recommend angigraphy as of now go for a stress thallium firstly