Posted By Tom on October 29, 1998 at 22:54:57:
My father underwent qualdruple
bypassHeart bypass surgery
Heart bypass surgery - series surgery 3 weeks ago. He had some
chest pains 2 days ago, and after an
angiogramArteriogram
Cerebral angiography
Cholecystitis, cholangiogram
Coronary angiography
Gallstones, cholangiogram
Hemangioma - angiogram
Lymphangiogram
Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram
Renal arteriography, underwent an
angioplastyAngioplasty
Coronary artery balloon angioplasty - series
and
shuntCyanotic heart disease
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (tips) insertion for a
blockagePeripheral artery disease. He was also diagnosed with a very
mild heart attack. They now have informed him that 3 of the 4 bypasses
they installed show
blockagesPeripheral artery disease (one at about 90%, and the other two over
60%), and they suggest angioplasty on the bypassed arteries. I am
wondering if it is at all common for these bypasses to plug up within
3 weeks of being installed (his diet is good, he does not smoke and he is
not overweight), and what would be plugging them. It seem unlikely to me
that placque which took 68 years to form on his arteries would clog up a
supposedly clean bypass in 3 weeks. Is there any treatment he should be
looking into?
Thanks for any information.