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Viability Study says I'm doomed

Viability Study says I'm doomed

I am told that I am unable to have CABG or MIDCAB based on the following Viability Study March 3, 2009:

Thallium Viability Myocardial Prefusion Scan 24 Hour

Findings:  On the immediate post injection images, there are several areas of moderate to severely decreased radiotracer uptake that encompass the basal anterior wall, apex, and apical inferior segments.  Apical anterior septum.  There is a bowel loop overlying the inferior wall.  This gives the appearance that there is uptake in the inferior wall, except for aforementioned segment.

On the 24 hour images, this bowel loop is significantly increased, now obscuring the complete ....*inferior wall.  Apex is still reduced.  Apical septum is unchanged, as in the basal anterior wall, although the cavity appears significantly enlarged, which is also seen on the raw projections.

Conclusion:  Dilated heart with multiple areas of likely infarction.  Inferior wall is obscured by bowel artifact and cannot be evaluated.  There is no evidence of recruitment of .....*myocardial cells in the infarct territories.

******* I have an ejection fraction of 13% and Open Heart Bypass - makes me high risk.

I have: CAD, ICD, Atrial Fibrillation, Diabetes (Type 2) Insulin Treatment, Cardiomyopathy, Sleep Apnea, COPD, GERD

Please help...............re: Viability
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