Female Mitral V repair patient with circumflex blockage

About three months ago, my mother (76 y.o.) had a mitral valve repair performed via robotic surgery...repair was a success.  However, the required pre-surgery catheterization revealed a single blockage - an 80% occlusion of the left ventricular circumflex artery.  When her attending doctors were questioned about this and whether it too needed to be dealt with, they said no, and went ahead with the MVP surgery.  As far as we know, my mother is still walking around with this blockage and, as one can imagine, is worried about it being there.  Is it in fact a danger to her?  Why would the physicians, including the surgeon, see this and pretty much dismiss it as a concern?

Her overall health is very good with the exception of some PVBs which we've been told are nothing to worry about, as they are the result of irritation from the valve surgery.  Post surgery stress test very good.

We're assuming that such reputable doctors would not have put her through valve surgery only to have this blockage cause a serious problem in the future.  She is not particularly keen to have a heart attack or stroke, or, for that matter,  to undergo any more surgery!

Thanks for your reply.

[Thatch]

Make sure your mother is taking her fatty acids and if she isn't taking Coumadin (warfarin) take a look at something called Nattokinase to prevent the forming of clots. If she is taking Coumadin and starts taking fatty acids (I recommend  OilSmart as it has all of the Omega 3s,6s and 9s as well as the enzyme to digest them in one gel cap) she will need to have her dose adjusted as it will thin her blood. If she isn't taking Coumadin (and I hope not) then aged garlic, vitamin E, lecithin (or a choline/inositol) as well as the fatty acids should be added to her diet to keep her blood thin, avoid clots from forming, etc. The Natto is an enzyme that eats clots in case they do form.
Coumadin destroys soft tissue and interferes with vitamin K which is essential for bone health and should be used for as short a term as possible if she is on it.
The fatty acids and lecithin will stop plaque from building up further and might even help reverse it a bit.
If she has been put on a statin to control chloresterol be aware that one of the side effects can be congestive heart failure as well as the liver damage that is checked for by regular blood work.
Thatch

[singsgood]

Natto is a good alternative to the coumadin, I know.  Her cholesterol total has always been high because her HDL is around 90! Her HDL ratio to total cholesterol is always between 2 and 2.5.  Her triglycerides are never above 60.  Go figure.  She is not on statins, thinners, etc.  Even baby aspirin upsets her stomach.

Thanks for your advice.