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How Can Second Stent Implantation Be Done Despite Calcification?
Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here...My Mother suffering from Congestive Cardia Failure and was demonstrated angiogram.she has 2 coronary blockages and a drug coated stent was implanted on her Right coronary Artery. Now, her Left Anterir Descending Artery has a blockage of 70% and the Doctor who performed her angio said because of highly calcification it is impossible to do the second implantation of stent. Please help she still has shortness of breath and palpitations.
Fri, 3 Mar 2017
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After going through the medical details of your mother provided by you i understand your concern for her. What happens in some patients is they have high calcium content in their coronary artery which sometime makes it very difficult or nearly impossible to cross a guide wire through that lesion and without the wire STENT cannot be deployed there, some other factors like tortusity of the vessel also plays a role.
If she is symptomatic discuss with her treating CARDIOLOGIST about OPTIMIZING the medical treatment. If that will not resolve her symptoms then she probably needs a BYPASS surgery.
I wish her GOOD HEALTH
After going through the medical details of your mother provided by you i understand your concern for her. What happens in some patients is they have high calcium content in their coronary artery which sometime makes it very difficult or nearly impossible to cross a guide wire through that lesion and without the wire STENT cannot be deployed there, some other factors like tortusity of the vessel also plays a role.
If she is symptomatic discuss with her treating CARDIOLOGIST about OPTIMIZING the medical treatment. If that will not resolve her symptoms then she probably needs a BYPASS surgery.
I wish her GOOD HEALTH
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