I was told by my cardiologist and surgeon that I needed a 5 vessel by-pass. When I was recovering I was told that I only received 4 vessels replaced and one was so occluded or plugged they did not bother to do the by pass procedure on it. I do not know the techincal name of the vessel but it is a long one that runs from the top to the bottom portion of the heart,
Cardiologists seem evasive when I ask what the implications and risks are with retaining a completely clogged artery. It was totally clogged anyway so I guess I did not "miss it" but I want to know.
Despite the surgery I still have extremely high blood pressure even with medication it runs 185/104, I still need to lose about 70 lbs.
I cannot get a straight answer or maybe they simply do not know. Does anyone know what the prognosis would be still being short one artery?