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Suggest Treatment For Blockage In Lad

my father is 80 years old...deciding between robotic lima to lad for a 95 percent blocked lad....right has been stented in past times 2 and now 100 percent blocked left is 75 percent blocked...dad not very active so no need to worry about athletic fitness per se...decision between traditional bypass to address more than one vessel or just do robotic minimally invasive....his heart is strong and right collateral vessels have been giving some help ...the circumflex is 60 percent blocked...

Fri, 28 Jul 2017
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Hello and welcome to health care magic . Since your dad is not very atheletic it will be better to treat LAD only. Then the question comes why LIMA to Lad and why not stent. I would advise to go for a stent if the artery is not very diffusely diseased. If it is then Minimally invasive surgery is advised.
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Suggest Treatment For Blockage In Lad

Hello and welcome to health care magic . Since your dad is not very atheletic it will be better to treat LAD only. Then the question comes why LIMA to Lad and why not stent. I would advise to go for a stent if the artery is not very diffusely diseased. If it is then Minimally invasive surgery is advised.