Angioplasty Alternatives

[elisa21]

My Father (Age 53) is complaining for little pain near heart while walking long distances (after half kilometer),

after showing 3 cardiologists and having a angiography, doctors said bypass or angioplasty as early as possible, now

i am searching for anything alternative to angioplasty, after some research i found some alternatives to angioplasty

but not sure if anything would be as suitable as angioplasty, plz give me advice as early as possible as doctors are

asserting for angioplasty for the earliest

I found these alternatives : Atherectomy, AngioJet, Chelation or Chelation Therapy, Powerful clot-dissolving drugs

and drugs to lower their cholesterol, Beta blockers and Ace inhibitors

[http://www.heartprotect.com/alternatives.shtml], Exercise-diet, Laser angioplasty

My father's (patient) complete medical report is as follows :


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Also, can you say me if i want to consult, which doctors to see, i mean right now the doctors we showed them are MD

(Medicine) and DM (Cardiology) degree holders, any higher than these medicine degree holders to see? if yes what

should be their medicine degrees

PS. : My Grandmother died last year of the heart problems and my Dad's big brother died last month, my Grandfather

is also complaining the same problems and doctors have asked him for angiography

WHILE RESEARCHING ON INTERNET I FOUND ANGIOPLASTY IS NOT EFFICIENT AND THERE ARE MANY COMPLICATIONS AND THERE IS A

POSSIBILITY FOR HEART ATTACK IN FUTURE, ITS JUST AS EFFICIENT AS SOME DRUG MEDICATIONS FOR LIMITED TIME

PLZ GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS

THANKS, GOD BLESS YOU !!

[kenkeith]

See a non-interventional cardiologist.  If medication corrects the chest pain, there is no medical need to have angioplasty.  If medication (nitrate) does not eradicate the pain, then an interventional procedure.