No problem! Happens frequently, I usually catch and have it deleted!
Thanks for the response. Sorry for the double post.
There should be no problem going with the medication therapy. I have going on 7 years with medication (100% blocked LAD and 72% blocked circumflex). I had had a heart attack, but no permanent heart cell damage. Stent or medication widens the diameter of the coronary arteries. If medication provides an adequate supply of blood and collaterals have vasculated possitively, there may be no need for a stent implant.
The 60 and 70% lesions have been recognized by the AHA/AAC guidelines to not stent or bypass unless medication cannot manage and control angina pectoris (chest pain). Of course there are exceptions.
If the quality of life is effected later in life as the doctor states, the stents can be done at that time. Also, who knows what the state-of-art treatment will be later! Could there ever be a drug infusion at the site of the blackage to dissolve the blockage? It has been said by some doctors that cholesterol medication that raising the HDL can reverse plaque buildup?!
If you have an interventional cardiologist that states medical therapy is sufficient (it is true it does not prevent heart attacks and does have its own problems), I would go with that decision...why go with some procedure that speculates a better quality of life later? The option for a stent remains going forward without any risk if medication is no longer effective.
Thanks for sharing, and if you have any followup questions you are welcome to respond.