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What Are Chances Of Mi In Patient With 70% Circumflex Artery Blockage?
hi doc.
i want to ask u ,do every patient of unstable angina who get 70% blockage in medium size branch of circumflex artery will develope MI?what is the percentage of die from it? in this type of blockage do the stent put in this situation pls im so concern about my mom
i want to ask u ,do every patient of unstable angina who get 70% blockage in medium size branch of circumflex artery will develope MI?what is the percentage of die from it? in this type of blockage do the stent put in this situation pls im so concern about my mom
Mon, 16 Jun 2014
Hi,
To answer your question, and telling you what are the chances of developing MI with such vessels, would be like fortune-telling. No one can assure you with that. We can tell you about the chances.
1. Majority (nearly 70%) patients that develop MI, are those who have minor plaques in their arteries, because it gets ruptured and whole artery gets blocked in few minutes.
2. Many of my patients with lesions nearly 80-90% lived longer than those with 50% stenosis, under medical advice.
And because you said you had an episode of Unstable angina with 70% block, than certainly going for revascularization is a good choice to make. For peoples with stable angina, we can further evaluate for the necessity of angioplasty (w/o stenting) by new approaches like radioisotope scanning or FFR. Consult your treating cardiologist.
Regards
To answer your question, and telling you what are the chances of developing MI with such vessels, would be like fortune-telling. No one can assure you with that. We can tell you about the chances.
1. Majority (nearly 70%) patients that develop MI, are those who have minor plaques in their arteries, because it gets ruptured and whole artery gets blocked in few minutes.
2. Many of my patients with lesions nearly 80-90% lived longer than those with 50% stenosis, under medical advice.
And because you said you had an episode of Unstable angina with 70% block, than certainly going for revascularization is a good choice to make. For peoples with stable angina, we can further evaluate for the necessity of angioplasty (w/o stenting) by new approaches like radioisotope scanning or FFR. Consult your treating cardiologist.
Regards
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