what operation is performed for a clogged coradit artery?
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If a carotid artery is occluded (completely clogged), surgery is usually not done. There's too much risk of pieces of the clog being dislodged and travelling to the brain, causing a stroke.\n\nThe "gold standard" is a carotid endarterectomy. This is fairly safe operation and the patient usually goes home the next day.\n\nStenting of carotid arteries is currently restricted by the US government to patients who are: symptomatic from the "clog", have a clog> 70%, and are at "high risk" from regular surgery. Trials to show the benefit of stenting in non "high risk" patients are under way.\n\nDue to their particular vascular anatomy, some people are NOT candidates for carotid stenting.\n\nAs the first person said, a vascular surgeon should be involved in the paient's care.
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do you mean angioplasty? \n\nAngioplasty\n\n\nAngioplasty is a procedure done to open a partially blocked blood vessel so that blood can flow through it more easily. It is most often done on arteries that deliver blood to the heart (coronary arteries) when they are narrowed by plaque buildup (atherosclerosis) or blood clots.\n\nDuring the angioplasty procedure, a thin flexible tube (catheter) is inserted through an artery in the groin or arm and carefully guided into the artery that is narrowed. Once the tube reaches the narrowed artery, a small balloon at the end of the tube is inflated. The balloon may remain inflated from 20 seconds to 3 minutes. The pressure from the inflated balloon presses fat and calcium deposits (plaque) against the wall of the artery to improve blood flow.\n\nOnce the fat and calcium buildup is compressed, a small, expandable wire-mesh tube called a stent is sometimes inserted into the artery to hold it open. Reclosure (restenosis) of the artery is less likely to occur after angioplasty with stenting than after angioplasty \n\nbasically they insert a tub up and artery and make the artery open up and sometimes a stent is needed to keep it opened depending on how block the artery is. \n\nMy husband is a heart patient.  I saw them performing this procedure on him while they where doing it.  you can actually see the heart pumping and the flowing of the blood better after it is done.
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The cause is of paramount concern.\n\nIf new, and from acute coronary disease, then there are great treatment options.  Stenting at your grandfather's age would be a solid option, if multiple vessel disease, may require coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg, we say cabbage).\n\nIf from prolonged hypertension... viral disease... prolonged alcohol abuse... others.. then his heart muscle may be unrecoverable, and he's in bad shape.  Medications to reduce symptoms and increase function work, but ultimately limited by the amount of living/functioning tissue, and more complex things like exactly "how" that tissue is working.\n\nIf from dead tissue due to prior heart attack, more radical surgeries are possible... you'd need an absolute expert, look to a university setting if this is the case.\n\nIf no surgical options, and there is a vast amount of tissue dead or useless... his mortality is in the months (could be days, hours, is he in the ICU?, sorry to scare you).  Transplant can do amazing things if an organ is available, he's sick enough to get the organ, but well enought to survive....\n\nIf he's walking, and just has a cough, and swelling in the legs; with weight loss, excercise, lots of medications, he can nearly restore his mortality to normal (depending on co-existing conditions).
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This doesn't necessarily mean the MD  did anything wrong, and the minor blockages could potentially be problematic. It may not have been anything he could fix. There may be enough blood flow from the new grafts to give blood flow to the areas with the blockages. Im sure they have been advised of diet and lifestyle changes. Hopefully they are involved in a cardiac rehab program. My advise is to be as healthy as possible, now that they have new grafts to take care of, because it does mean that they wont clot off in the future. Good luck to you and your family.
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Bad Idea!  Please call around and talk to your local er.  They will be able to tell you where you can go to get it taken care of correctly.
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Supposedly a blood clot.
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They are doing wonderful surgeries that are not as invasive, with much less recovery time at the Clevland Clinic on mitral valve replacement. There is a doctor there who was the first to develop it. Click on Clevland Clinic's web site. Good luck and prayers to your grandma.
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Expensive Painful Life threatening Surgery!\nFind SOMETHING to do that gets you exercise and replaces food or get the surgery.
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Carotid arteries supply your brain with blood, thus oxygen and all other vital micro-structures. Do worry, but don't worry too much, because if your carotids are becoming less usefull, you still have jugular arteries which will do the same job while your doctor is sorting out your carotids. Treatment will depend on the causative factor for blockage. You could be treated for cholesterol if this is related to it. Surely surgery will be the last option since it goes with potential complications of disturbing a very important structure embedded in your carotids (carotid baroreceptors) and which plays a good role in controlling blood pressure.
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From what I have found (which wasn't much) it seems to be a surgical procedure.  I will add the sites I have looked at but the are very technical and aimed at surgeons.\nI hope they will be of some help to you.
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go see a doctor asap and find out your options
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My dad is going through the same problem right now.  He had a scan done, and they are setting up for the vascular surgeon to go in and put in a stent.  He has had this done once before, we were told too much plaque build-up, cholesteral.  He is on Lipitor for that, but the Dr. said it HAS to be done!!  His other side is blocked 80%!!  So try to get in touch with your family Dr. to get set-up for tests ASAP to get a professional problem.  Someone go with the patient to write things down because the patient is usually pretty stressed out to remember what was said!!  Good Luck for Good Health.
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Yes you can have a normal blood pressure and have heart disease.  You really need to seek medical attention if you believe that you have heart disease.  High blood pressure has nothing to do with clogged arteries.\n\nGood luck!  Hope you feel better!!
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An angioplasty or surgery opens up the coronary arteries, which is something the medications cannot do. Medication, diet and exercise helps to avoid further clogging of the artery but does not open the current clogging.
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There was a segment on Good Morning America last week. Dr. Tim Johnson (a candidate for the procedure himself) discussed it. A laser catheter is inserted through the thigh (like angioplasty) and the muscles above the atrium are "zapped" to prevent their irregular spasms. My cousin had it done, and it worked for her. I looked on ABC's website but I couldn't find aynthing. Talk to your cardiologist.
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It is a blood vessel, it needs to be cauterized.
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Consult to a doctor\n\nGood Luck