My father who is 62 years old had
Heart-attack 2 months before.
After the Angio, doctor told us that the
block percentage is low and it can be
cured by medicines and ther is no need of
even angio blast.But my father is having a
light breathing problem only at nights(for
few seconds).But when I consulted with the
doctor, he told us that there is a scar
and becoz of that the heart pumping will
be less and that is the reason.Is that
common for a cardiac patient? plz reply
my query.
How soon after the heart attack the
angiography was performed?
How was his heart attack treated 2 months
ago?
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aravan
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Joined: 24 Jul 2008 Posts: 2
Posted: 07-25-08 12:23pm
The angio was performed after 5 days.He's
having the slight breathing problem only
during nights for two or three times.When
sits, then he is normal.He was treated
before two months
If the angiography was performed in the
first 6 hours after the heart attack
permanent heart's muscle damage (scar)
could be prevented with coronary
angioplasty or by inserting stent. Five
days after the heart attack there is
nothing you can do with the resent heart
attack but to correct if there are some
other coronary narrowing. Doctors,
obviously, decided that there wasn't such
need.
There is no doubt that after the heart
attack your father's heart is damaged but
only ECHO-cardiography can give us more
information about the damage extent and
consequences on heart's work.
