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• LB Ohio, your husband may have pain in the scar area for months. As long
as the Drs rule out infection, it takes up to a good year to feel 99% better.
If he's lucky, sooner. I had same surgery and the scar area and my entire chest
hurt for many months after. I don't know if it has to do with diabetes (as I
am diabetic also) or if this is the norm but hang in there.
Kathy F., New Jersey, USA, January 30, 2008
• my husband david 43, had a quadruple bypass on
jan.4th of this year. on jan.2nd was his heart attack. he was on the
vent for 2wks. a diabetic since and now a non-smoker. its the 28th and
for the past couple of days david has been suffering spasms in his chest
around the scar. at times bad ones! his drs. dont know why. everything
else ok. has anyone else know of this?
LB., Ohio, USA, January 28, 2008
• Steve -- Tenormin (a beta-blocker) and Lisinopril
(an ACE inhibitor) can possibly cause light-headedness and it's possible
that an adjustment to dose may be indicated. While dosage is usually
done by clinical assessment and body weight, some individuals are more
sensitive
to meds than others. If these symptoms persist and are potentially limiting
your functioning (you don't want to get an attack of light-headedness
on the highway) definitely put in a call to your cardiologist and describe
your symptoms. Couldn't hurt. But don't stop or reduce your meds without
talking to him/her first.
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, November 23, 2007
• Thank you for your reply. it's been 3 days since
the procedure and sometimes I feel little light headed. I noticed on
the medication plavix, tenormin could cause this as well as I am taking
lisinopril
for bp, and addition of tenormin could be lower my bp too much? my follow
visit is still 10 days away, should I be concerned or is my body getting
used to the medication?
Steve, Woodside, California, USA, November 23, 2007
• Steve -- you're correct. The LAD (Left Anterior
Descending) artery IS one of the main vessels. As for your fears about
correct placement of the stent -- you must have been reading some of
our articles about intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)
-- and why some cardiologists urge its more widespread use. The good
news is that these concerns and this message has been getting out to the
cardiology
community and physicians have been more aware of this. There's no reason
to think that your stent was NOT placed correctly -- especially dramatically
opening up a 99% blockage. Also, the message is less that the stent has
not been placed correctly, but that it needs to be fully expanded.
If you
have concerns, certainly ask your interventional cardiologist. You are
in an
area where
there are
many
excellent
facilities
and cardiologists. (In fact, IVUS was developed not very far from Woodside.)
There's no non-invasive test accurate enough to test the precise expansion.
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, November 23, 2007
• I am 42 yr old male, in excellent health, but
was found to have had a heart attack, I just received (Nov 21st) one DES
due to 99% blockage in my "LAD" I believe it is one of my main vessel,
I understand all my other vessels are in great condition. Although, the
before and after image they showed me after inserting DES is dramatic,
I am concerned, after reading the articles on the site about misplacement
of DES, I do have a follow up visit with my cardiologist soon, is there
a test they can do to confirm the correct insertion of the DES?
Steve, Woodside, California, USA, November 22, 2007
• Hi, my Dad had 2 stents put in his main Coronary
Artery it was 99% blocked. He had a major heart attack and thanks to
my mother she took him to the ER fast. They told him he is very lucky to
be
alive anyway, he had this done 8 months ago and is doing great! The technology
today is awesome thanks to this I still
have my Dad in my life.
C., Illinois, USA, September 3, 2007
• Rick -- family history is certainly a risk factor.
The fact that you have had negative nuclear stress tests is good, showing
low probability for coronary artery disease. What does your cardiologist
say about the near-fainting episodes? Has he
run a test that would show potential valvular problems, for example, a
stress echo (not sure what you mean by a sonogram)?
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, July 8, 2007
• My two younger brothers, ages 49 and 51 respectively
have had heart attacks, the younger one just a few days ago. After the
older one had his which he survived with 5 stents to deal with his 95+
blockage, I had a nuclear stress as well as a sonogram, both of which were
negative conducted by my cardiologist. Now the younger one, a former world
record holder in distance events just suffered his heart attack a few days
ago and also survived. He would appear to be in excellent shape with daily
workouts and not a likely candidate compared to me, his oldest and much
heavier brother, age 53 but also a former runner. I have had no chest pain
but a two instances of almost passing out that weren't fully explained
along with several of lightheadedness and just not feeling right that have
lasted from several hours to a day or two during the last year. Should
I seriously be thinking
about a angioplasty?
Rick, Tehahchapi, California, USA, July 3, 2007
• MMD - I am very sorry to hear about the way that
your husband was treated. My experience was almost exactly the opposite
as that of your husband. I experienced an MI in February. As soon as
I arrived at the ER, I given an EKG and 15 to 20 minutes later was in the
cath lab where a balloon angioplasty was performed and three drug-eluting
Taxus stents were placed my LAD. As the result of the prompt treatment,
and possibly because I had a system of collaterals as the result of frequent
exercise prior to the MI, damage to my heart muscle was minimal. Six
weeks
after the MI I had an echocardiogram which indicated an ejection fraction
of 65%. I would also add that as the result of both luck and knowledge,
I happened to have selected hospital that has an interventional cardiologist
either physically present at the hospital 24/7 (as was the case when
I arrived) or who is on call and could be at the hospital within 15 minutes.
Larry T., Virginia, USA, May 24, 2007
• MMD -- one of the challenges with emergency treatment
of heart attack is for hospitals that can perform angioplasty to have a
system in place to get the patient diagnosed and on the cath lab table
within 90 minutes to two hours. In this way, the infarct can be stopped
and damage to the heart muscle minimized. It is one of the undisputed benefits
of angioplasty. Sounds like the diagnosis took place later in your husband's
case. An important measure would be how well your husband's heart is pumping
-- sometimes called an ejection fraction.
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, May 22, 2007
• Recently my husband had his 5th heart attack and
this is the 6th stent. He is only 41 years old, thanks to good old genetics.
The majority of the stents was boston scientific the latest on was Cypher.
He had his MI on Friday 1am, he was not cath till Monday am. His cardiac
enzymes increased on Friday was never diagnosed until Monday. This is totally
out of character of what we are used to. His last cath was done by military
med, within one hour he was being cathed. It appears that that Friday the
cardiologist had a Saturday family commitment and the hospital was going
to release my husband to come home that Saturday. I refused to bring him
home. We have an appt with a new cardiologist...Does anyone else have any
ideas we can look into.
MMD, Ohio, USA, May 22, 2007
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