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Tight ostial stenosis - what should do ?
My father got Heart attack on December 05, 2011 and admitted to Hospital. Prior to that he was perfectly all right no blood pressure, no sugar , no attack or heart problem in past but having his cholesterol on higher side from last one year. Now the Angiography (Left Anterior Descending Artery) conclusion is "Tight ostial stenosis followed by another tight stenosis after first diagonal branch". He has been recommended surgery. I will be thankful for expert opinion .
Thanks for your kind advice. As per another cardiologist, as it is the artery supplying blood to heart so the surgery can be risky. Do you think is there any risk involved in adopting the surgery choice ?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
If your father had a heart attack and has a tight ostial stenosis in his LAD, I would follow the recommendation of your cardiologist and proceed with surgery. Stenting an ostial LAD lesion can be tricky and surgery is often the safer route, especially if there are other vessels that need to be bypassed. Best of luck to him.
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