Quote of the Month "...the
COURAGE trial ...implied that maybe 70% or more of angioplasty
is for stable angina in the United States...and that simply
is not true! Well over 70% of all angioplasty in the United
States is for acute syndromes."
-- Ralph
Brindis, MD, MPH, FACC
Past
President of the American College of Cardiology
Senior Advisor for Cardiovascular Disease
for Northern
California Kaiser
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
"It's great
to hear of everyone's victories recovery-wise, both major and
minor. I had 3 coronary stents in Nov 2010...and the cardio
told me exercise as I wish. So, two 10km running races and
a half-marathon completed since the stents went in, and I'm
now training for triathlons! I quit smoking and have lost over
10kgs and work out about an hour each day. I tell you all this
because I'm so impressed by the medical intervention and how
it can turn around our lives. The angina before I was diagnosed
was agonising and I couldn't even walk 100 metres! Best of
luck to everyone undergoing angio and stenting!" --
as posted by DavidJ, March 21, 2011 in Angioplasty.Org's Patient
Forum on "Exercise,
Sport, Physical Activity After Stent"