hello , i am interested to know what the general statistic is for people who have uner gone coarctation repair in early child hood.
As an adult, you spend time over years going to see cardiologists and when there do not always ask what you now want to know as an adult.! Also, we have high cholesterol in our family, I have cholesterol of 6.0, my gp seems unbothered about putting me on statin, I want to prevent early onset heart disease , to that end I do not smoke, do not drink ... much and maintain a healthy diet and am active. Would your advice be to take a statin ? once you start it, you may be cannot stop ?
I am interested in prevention rather than cure.
I have just recently had mri/ mra and am waiting results, find the potential for possible anerrysm a real concern. My coarctation repair happened in the 1970s, end to end, I wonder if this means less risk for me.In mri they also scanned my head ?
Any information would be great, when at the doctors I am suddenly very self conscious and awkward and so nervous I am frightened to really communicate effectively I am so terrified of further surgery !! I am 36 many thanks