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Statistical survival RCA total block

What statistical data are available on life expectancy after identification of RCA complete block?


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976897 tn?1379167602
You will be fine. If your right artery has blocked at its origin, then obviously collaterals must have opened to feed it from the left side. You just have to go to the hospital if you ever get angina, because your left side must now be kept clear. You also have to determine what risk factors caused the blockage at such a young age. For example, drinking lots of sugary drinks like pepsi. It is becoming far more obvious in the industry that fat is not the cause, it is sugar.
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I had a heart attack last yeat ( Age 36 at that time) and it was determined that my RCA was blocked 100 % somewhere in the middle. An angio plasty was performed and 2 stents were placed in my RCA and I was released after a few days.
I however started feeling extremely scary and horrible symptoms after about 20 or so days after being released from the hospital. The feeling can not be explained but it happened 3 -4 times and lasted only seconds. All i can say is that it was the feeling of inevitable death and i would stand up just to make sure i was alive. I consulted my doctors who said i was having psychological problems after the heart attack and that such things were very common and I needed to move on in life. I however insisted and eventually got an angiogram done in which it was revealed that my RCA was now once again 100% blocked but this time from the very beginning point of the artery. The doctors were stunned however since I had survived the second blockage and my heart had taken the brunt they decided to leave it as it is. I took several opinions and it was the same answer everywhere. I brisk walk 4 km about 4-5 times a week and now after a year my symptoms have almost vanished, except for sometimes. I recently got my thalliam test in which i reached 3rd stage on the treadmill ( 9 minutes ) and it was determined that there was no trace of inducible ischemia. Meaning exertion does not cause me chest pain. I do not know how long i will live because now i am completely dependent on my left system but it seems like my heart has developed enough collaterals to support my right system. I was very lucky not to have a second heart attack when it got reblocked. One reason could be that I have read somewhere that collaterals can sometimes open up instantly during a heart attack and it is possible that they were the ones that supported me during the second blockage.
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976897 tn?1379167602
This is not a straightforward question. There are many arteries fed from the RCA so it depends where the blockage is. If the the blockage forms in the top and all the supply is cut off, then life expectancy would not be very long at all. If the blockage is lower down, depending on your artery mapping, cross feeding may be adequate to keep all tissue running healthily for the rest of your natural life.
It must be realised that a 100% blockage at the top (or anywhere for that matter) would form slowly and the symptoms would give reason for the person to attend a hospital, if tissue was badly being affected by lack of oxygen. So if no crossfeeding was occuring, then it is likely it will be treated before 100%.
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