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scar tissue in bypass?
Hi,
My father had CABG last October. He had 4 bypasses. He has a def/pacemaker already in place. Had an arteriogram in January '08 everything was fine. The last 3-4 weeks he has had some shortness of breath, sweating spells, and what he called a lil tight in the chest. Went to the Dr., scheduled another arteriogram, for last Monday. Finding was 3 of the 4 bypasses were working well. One of them had 'formed scar tissue' inside the artery itself. The Dr. tried 3 times to 'balloon' it which failed. He chose NOT to stent the bypass due to being a large area, he stated it would take AT least 4 stents. He has and ejection fraction of around 15-19. I guess my questions are if this closes off will it cause another heart attack? Would stents have helped? Or do you think the Dr. just figures his heart is to weak to have handled the stents? Will the scar tissue continue to grow?
Any advice or information or opinions that anyone has would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks again
My father had CABG last October. He had 4 bypasses. He has a def/pacemaker already in place. Had an arteriogram in January '08 everything was fine. The last 3-4 weeks he has had some shortness of breath, sweating spells, and what he called a lil tight in the chest. Went to the Dr., scheduled another arteriogram, for last Monday. Finding was 3 of the 4 bypasses were working well. One of them had 'formed scar tissue' inside the artery itself. The Dr. tried 3 times to 'balloon' it which failed. He chose NOT to stent the bypass due to being a large area, he stated it would take AT least 4 stents. He has and ejection fraction of around 15-19. I guess my questions are if this closes off will it cause another heart attack? Would stents have helped? Or do you think the Dr. just figures his heart is to weak to have handled the stents? Will the scar tissue continue to grow?
Any advice or information or opinions that anyone has would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks again
We spoke with the Drs office today, and they have taken him OFF his COZAAR and COREG XR (coreg for only 2 days)....but with his ejection fraction of 15 is coming off the Coreg not going to hurt more then it helps? Anyone,,have any replys?
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