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 Angiogram
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12/13/22 02:08 AM
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Have any of you had one and is there anything I need to know? Also curious about stents?
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Re: Angiogram
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12/13/22 01:32 PM
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Dang Greg, I have no experience but good luck if you are going through this!
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Re: Angiogram
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12/13/22 03:46 PM
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Thanks Buzz. Been having heart issues for last two years. Stress test the other day showed “underlying abnormalities” on the ekg, so the doc scheduled me an angiogram on the 19th to get a better look. From what I’ve seen online the procedure doesn’t seem to to bad. I’m more concerned with stents. Guess we will find out.
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Re: Angiogram
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12/13/22 04:02 PM
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Piece of cake. Nothing to it!
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Re: Angiogram
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12/13/22 05:21 PM
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You are much better off having it looked after now than after a heart attack.
Best wishes!
To be determined
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Re: Angiogram
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12/13/22 07:55 PM
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You’ll be taking a nap during the procedure.
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Re: Angiogram
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12/14/22 12:25 AM
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You are much better off having it looked after now than after a heart attack.
Best wishes! Thanks TH, I’m sure everything will be okay. If nothing else it should give me some piece of mind. Was having sudden shocks/jolts in my chest last year that were happening pretty often. The meds the heart doc put me on helped a lot with those… now it’s just pressure. Seems to have come on stronger since my recent stress test and usually at night. Looking forward to knowing something.
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Re: Angiogram
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12/17/22 08:31 PM
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I have had a few Angiograms and worst part about that procedure is the recovery period right after the procedure. Just making sure the artery they go through has sealed good which you want. The only Stents I have are in the illiac arteries 5 in one and one in the other. Heart a bypass on the widowmaker and 2 more that are too small for stent or bypass per the docs.
Get it done, better to find out and hopefully fix than not for sure. They can do lots of things with the heart these days.
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: Angiogram
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12/19/22 02:10 AM
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You’ll be taking a nap during the procedure. My stent was 2 years ago this January. I was very lucky 99% blockage in my LAD (widow maker). I was awake. Felt a warming sensation when dye went in.Dr. Walked over to me while on table and said I would have been dead 2 days later if I did not get it done. My Dr went through the groin ands that's all that hurt afterwards for almost a week. I got a low grade fever that lasted about 3 days. Some Dr's now go through wrist and suppose to be easier. Either way the Dr saved my life. This was when Covid was still being pushed by the media and I was in by 3:30 p.m. and home by 10:00 p.m. that night.
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Re: Angiogram
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12/19/22 03:51 AM
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Thanks for that. Do you feel the stent any now? Has your quality of life improved? Im hopeful they can find the cause of my chest pain. An early upper body scan showed blockage in my LAD had me in the 80th percentile. So I do think that is the issue. Doc said we will probably be looking at 3 options: control it with meds, with stents, or possible open heart surgery. Obviously Im hoping for one of the first two.
This crap runs in my moms side of the family. Her dad died from heart attack when she was in high school, and then his brother a year later the same way. A lot of neat technology and advances in medicine since then. I’m a little nervous, but glad to be getting a good look at everything tomorrow.
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Re: Angiogram
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12/19/22 04:39 AM
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Hopefully more chime in here. I’m truly happy you are getting this information before a heart attack. At this point it’s really about the quality of your cardiologist. Do you have confidence in him or her?
Many people have stents after a heart attack has occurred and after unrecoverable damage has happened. Now with the information you have it’s like replacing a $180 oil pump before you blew the whole engine.
If your heart doc is good, getting a stent or stents prior to a heart attack is like winning the life lottery.
To be determined
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Re: Angiogram
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12/19/22 01:29 PM
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Greg, maybe after the first year I thought I could feel the stent, maybe a placebo effect. Still have flutters and occasional irregular heart beats and went to see the cardiologist and he says stents last longer thank 2 years..lol I am on BP medicine and blood thinners still.
Quality of life answer: nothing has really changed minus I could not take the trash out without having to sit down. Also after eating my blood sugar rising I would have a massive pressure in my heart. These instances were increasing so I went to the cardiologist. Eat right, start walking if not already. A still lifestyle is not good for your health, get out and exercise.
I have been diagnosed with CAD, coronary artery disease, at 53 years old.
Yes Turkeyhunter, I won the lottery.
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Re: Angiogram
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12/21/22 06:43 PM
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Question, and this is no way meant to shame anyone or anything, just a question as I have seen this to be true in my practice of medicine:
How many of the respondents on this have a strong family history of cardiovascular disease or just vascular disease (i.e. direct family member with history of heart attack before age 60, family history of bypass, etc)?
How many of the respondents are grossly overweight?
How many of the respondents have diabetes?
How many have multiple of the above?
My experience says genetics win out over all else, meaning family history is the worst thing to have. Follow that up with being grossly overweight, and then with diabetes. Any mixture of those really puts you at risk for cardiac disease. Curious how that follows on this thread
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Re: Angiogram
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12/21/22 10:53 PM
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Question, and this is no way meant to shame anyone or anything, just a question as I have seen this to be true in my practice of medicine:
How many of the respondents on this have a strong family history of cardiovascular disease or just vascular disease (i.e. direct family member with history of heart attack before age 60, family history of bypass, etc)?
Yes, Grandfather died of heart attack at 53.
How many of the respondents are grossly overweight?
Nope not me.
How many of the respondents have diabetes?
Not me but mom had it.
How many have multiple of the above?
Answers above.
My experience says genetics win out over all else, meaning family history is the worst thing to have. Follow that up with being grossly overweight, and then with diabetes. Any mixture of those really puts you at risk for cardiac disease. Curious how that follows on this thread
'It's Only Treason if You Lose."
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Re: Angiogram
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12/22/22 04:30 AM
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Question, and this is no way meant to shame anyone or anything, just a question as I have seen this to be true in my practice of medicine:
How many of the respondents on this have a strong family history of cardiovascular disease or just vascular disease (i.e. direct family member with history of heart attack before age 60, family history of bypass, etc)?
Nope
How many of the respondents are grossly overweight?
Nope
How many of the respondents have diabetes?
Yes Type 1
How many have multiple of the above?
Nope
My experience says genetics win out over all else, meaning family history is the worst thing to have. Follow that up with being grossly overweight, and then with diabetes. Any mixture of those really puts you at risk for cardiac disease. Curious how that follows on this thread
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: Angiogram
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12/22/22 05:38 AM
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I forgot one big one, it isnt as common now as it was a decade ago, but also add the question:
Do you smoke or have you smoked, been raised in a household that smoked or been exposed to an excessive amount of second hand smoke?
Still in my experience, genetics is number one risk, then mix in the rest of diabetes, obesity or grossly overweight, and smoking. A combo of the above risk factors is not a good thing.
Thanks to the two who have answered so far.
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Re: Angiogram
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12/22/22 05:21 PM
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I smoked some in high school and college, but that was 30 years ago and I’m thinking my lungs have healed up since then. At 5’10” 185, I’m not too obese, but could sure stand to drop 5-10. The genetics is what has always had me worried. But the angiogram turned out okay and the doc said my heart looks pretty good. That’s a really big weight lifted off my shoulders. They are gonna check my lungs next, since the chest pain all started happening after COVID, but it sure feels good to know my heart isn’t the issue 
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Re: Angiogram
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12/22/22 07:37 PM
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good to read this
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: Angiogram
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12/22/22 08:43 PM
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Good news greg! There could be some scarring in the lungs from covid causing some pain. Hard to say. Stick with it. Dont ignore any classic or non-classic signs of heart problems though, angiograms are great but not foolproof.
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Re: Angiogram
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12/23/22 01:42 PM
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'It's Only Treason if You Lose."
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Re: Angiogram
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12/23/22 03:41 PM
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Good you had the positive report, Gregg. I am considering the angiogram, but the cardiologist is concerned about creatinine in the kidneys, level is 1.9. If not one thing there is two.
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Re: Angiogram
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12/24/22 04:15 AM
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The dye stuff used in an angiogram is not kidney friendly. I remember when I had my first angiogram after the heart attack, I was just getting a little Kidney function back and the nephrologist and cardiologist arguing about it in my room. Cardiologist said if we save the kidneys but loose the heart how have we helped this man. I had to agree.
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: Angiogram
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12/24/22 03:25 PM
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Re: Angiogram
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12/24/22 08:16 PM
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that was about a week after the heart attack and had had dialysis often as the kidneys had shut down during the diabetic coma and when they took the intubation out from 2 weeks of intubation kidneys still shutdown and had just started working a little at that point. I do not remember very much from that time frame but remember that part clearly. Had the angiogram and blockages in arteries that are too small for stents.
A few months later I did get at least one (Widomaker) of the 3 partially blocked arteries bypassed, the other 2 were deemed to small for stnts or bypass and I live with that, at least those if blocked are not usually fatal if 100% blocked but loose some heart function.
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lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: Angiogram
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I am diabetic, have a brother with heart troubles, some overweight 200 lbs with 5'10" height. Have had no chest pain but cardiologist did not like results of nuclear stress test. Two days ago, had the heart catheter procedure. Dr. put in 2 stents in same vein. Was able to do so with very little dye used. protect kidneys. Very easy procedure with nothing negative. As mentioned, I never had pain in the chest or being short of breath. Looking forward to seeing what improvement in life will be. Maybe this just prevented a future problem.
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