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Topic: Michigan Is No Longer Trojan Free (SOC Week 4)

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Re: Michigan Is No Longer Trojan Free (SOC Week 4)
« Reply #406 on: September 24, 2024, 07:07:25 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on September 23, 2024, 03:24:45 PM
Couldn't do stents. New Meds now. Follow up in two weeks.

I'm kinda worried.
When I first went in the operating room for a stent they only went in through my right wrist.  My cardiologist decided they couldn't get through it that way so they rescheduled for about a month later.  I was confused and worried at the time why it didn't happen.  They said they might not be able to get through the LAD CTO to install a stent, which would mean a bypass, but would try once again going in from both sides with a second surgical team.  When they eventually got through and installed a stent my cardiologist went out and high fived my wife so I get the feeling I was lucky.  Good luck to you and am hoping for the best.
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Re: Michigan Is No Longer Trojan Free (SOC Week 4)
« Reply #407 on: September 24, 2024, 08:03:33 AM »
I asked my surgeon how large the femoral artery was, and he circled his hand, larger than tthe size of a nickel.  I had no clue it was so large, but it makes sense.

After the procedure, the main risk was that incision would reopen and I'd bleed a lot, which he said would mean a very urgent trip to the ER, so don't go moving around much.  I had to lie on a very uncomfortable table for an hour before they'd let me leave.  He said after six days I was good to do anything.

I'm curious why they use a wrist for stents and the femoral for valve cauterization to treat flutter.
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Re: Michigan Is No Longer Trojan Free (SOC Week 4)
« Reply #408 on: September 24, 2024, 08:08:32 AM »
A percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a minimally invasive procedure to open blocked coronary (heart) arteries. An older name for PCI is coronary angioplasty with stenting or angioplasty for short.
Arteries are the blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood from your heart throughout your body. A PCI procedure uses a small balloon to reopen a blocked artery to increase blood flow.
Usually, your interventional cardiologist then places a small, permanent tube (stent) to keep the artery open long term. The stent usually contains medication that releases directly into your artery (drug-eluting stent) to reduce the risk of re-narrowing within the stent.


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Re: Michigan Is No Longer Trojan Free (SOC Week 4)
« Reply #409 on: September 24, 2024, 08:09:08 AM »
During a PCI, your cardiologist:
  • Inserts a small hollow tube (sheath) through a blood vessel in your arm or at the top of your thigh.
  • Guides a small, hollow tube (catheter) through the sheath and to your heart.
  • Injects a contrast dye and uses X-rays to view the catheter in real time.
  • Opens the blocked artery by inflating a balloon at the tip of the catheter.
  • Places a stent, if needed, to help the artery stay open.
  • Removes the catheter and closes the insertion site with a compression bandage (arm), a small stitch (thigh) or collagen plug (thigh).
The procedure usually lasts between 30 minutes and two hours. The exact treatment time depends on several factors, including the extent of plaque buildup.

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) (clevelandclinic.org)


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Re: Michigan Is No Longer Trojan Free (SOC Week 4)
« Reply #410 on: September 24, 2024, 08:27:39 AM »


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Re: Michigan Is No Longer Trojan Free (SOC Week 4)
« Reply #411 on: September 24, 2024, 08:39:09 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on September 24, 2024, 08:03:33 AM
I'm curious why they use a wrist for stents and the femoral for valve cauterization to treat flutter.
They don't always use the wrist for stents. My dad had half-a-dozen stents in and around his heart and all were installed through groin area incisions, none through the wrist. 
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Re: Michigan Is No Longer Trojan Free (SOC Week 4)
« Reply #412 on: September 24, 2024, 08:42:26 AM »
Good luck @847badgerfan !

Modern medicine is amazing. I never met my paternal grandfather because he died of heart disease at 60, before I was born. His son, my dad, had heart troubles starting at around age 60 but lived another 20 years because of modern treatments that weren't readily available for his dad in the late 1960's. 
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