Hello
I am a 60 year old female. In February of 2001, I experienced chest pain during a walk. I ended up having a triple
bypass. In August of 2009, again, during a walk, I experienced chest tightless and I was out of breath. I then
had an angioplasty and stent placement, in one artery and they found that I had an artery that was totally blocked.
The doctor said that it was distally too short to do a bypass. During the angiogram, he only found two of the
grafts that were done in 2001. He said that my heart looked fine. I just had a thallium stress test a few days
ago and today I received the results. The nurse told me that my heart has scar tissue, I am assuming near the
unlocated graft and the totally blocked artery. That means, that I have only three arteries left. I would like to know
if anything can be done to make certain that the vein grafts stay and if stents can be placed in them, or if there
can be any other treatments. I was told that a graft only lasts 10 years, so I am nervous. I have a feeling that
my heart will not live as long as I would like to live. Two years ago, I had a thallium stress test and that doctor
told me that the grafts looked good for a few more years, but totally missed the blocked arteries. I did change
cardiologists.
Does anyone have any comments or suggestions.
Thank You for your time and consideration. jak49