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Cardiac Catheter
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Cardiac Catheter
by SeriousSam, Dec 09, 2008 05:42AM
If I get get catheterization is it necessary that I also get a stent? Or can they just use a balloon catheter?
I got a call from my cardiologists and they want to catheterize me but I am afraid I have some odd personal views regarding having something permanently implanted inside of me or having to permanently be on expensive medications for the rest of my life given how unreliable my employer is as I am a government flunky. Are there generally alternatives?
And is it possible that my heart abnormality is just something as simple a perforated valve? I know that is what my sister takes medicine for...
Otherwise I will probably vote to go with a shorter life and not have the procedure done. Silly, I know, given that I am a Taoist and really should not have any objections to having something implanted within myself.
I got a call from my cardiologists and they want to catheterize me but I am afraid I have some odd personal views regarding having something permanently implanted inside of me or having to permanently be on expensive medications for the rest of my life given how unreliable my employer is as I am a government flunky. Are there generally alternatives?
And is it possible that my heart abnormality is just something as simple a perforated valve? I know that is what my sister takes medicine for...
Otherwise I will probably vote to go with a shorter life and not have the procedure done. Silly, I know, given that I am a Taoist and really should not have any objections to having something implanted within myself.
He stated that the scarring could be from a previous heart attack? If so am I pretty much just SOL? I do ask the questions but the answers usually involve explanations about how much they trust each other which tells me very little.