what is angioplasty, and angiogram - is there a difference in the two?
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Angioplasty is the ballooning of the affected blood vessel.  An Angiogram is the procedure.  A catheter is used to go into a large blood vessel and navigated to specific areas that the certified doctor wants to examine.  Contrast dye is injected to be able to view the vessels being examined. Many times after the Angioplasty is done a stent is placed to keep the plaque from reoccluding the vessel.  The stents or either medicated or non-medicated.  Patients usually tolerate this procedure with minimal problems, although there are risks.
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Aneurysms are diagnosed through some sort of radiology studies.  For aortic aneurysms, usual tests include CT scan, MRI, or ultrasound (if it is in the abdomen).  For smaller aneurysm (i.e. intracranial aneurysms), they can now be diagnosed by MR angiography or CT angiography.  Conventional angiography, requiring inserting long catheters into the arteries and injecting a dye to see the blood vessels, has become more or less obsolete as CT and MR imaging technology has advanced.
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An endarterectomy is not uncommonly performed in the context of a coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG, aka open heart surgery, bypass surgery)  It is actually incising the artery (opening it up and sewing it back closed along the length of the artery) to clean out the plaque.  \n\nI once knew a cardiothoracic surgeon who collected the gunk from the arteries of all his patients and kept it in a five gallon bottle in his office.  The point was to show patients how much gunk gets in people's arteries to clog the works.  It was gross, but effective, I am sure.
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problem-what your trying to figure out.\nHypothesis- what your prediction is.\nconclusion- the result of your experiment.\n\nA 2nd grader can do this, its not brain surgery.
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Many patients travel from United States of America and UK to get low cost of Coronary Angiography surgery in India. One of the most frequently asked questions when considering the cost of Coronary Angiography surgery is "how much?" and “what is the price of surgery in India?”\n\n\nOftentimes, patients choose their surgeon on the basis of price. \nThe cost of Coronary Angiography surgery is very affordable in India and costs are much lower when compared to the United States, UK and other countries. However, since the success of your surgery is largely dependent on your choice of surgeon, cost should not be your main consideration for your decision to undergo Coronary Angiography surgery in India.\n\nI checked out the website of Forerunners Healthcare –which is the premier most medical tourism company in India offering low cost surgery in India to International Patients. They have served more than 400 International patients from across the globe (specially US and UK) to get low cost affordable surgery in India at the best Hospitals and Medical Institutions. And the general price of the Coronary Angiography surgery is as follows-\n\nThe Cost of Coronary Angiography surgery in India is $ 570.\n\nhttp://www.forerunnershealthcare.com\n\nIn India, any licensed medical doctor can perform Coronary Angiography surgery. To avoid unsatisfactory results, it is best to choose a surgeon who has completed an accredited residency-training program in Coronary Angiography surgery. He should have extensive experience in the procedure you will undergo. That’s when Forerunners Healthcare come into picture-helping you get the best surgeon for your surgery at the most affordable prices in the best Hospitals of India.\n\nYour surgeon's skill can make all the difference between a good and an average result. Thus, although it is understandable that price is one of the considerations in your choice of surgeon, it is important to remember that the main consideration should be your surgeon's professional qualifications and experience.\n\nBesides that you should look into other issues related to traveling abroad, which is your visa, passport, climate, cultural issues and language barrier. Although language is not a problem in India –as most of the people are well verse in English. But you should make sure that you have a reliable hand holding person to guide you through the various steps of getting medical treatment and surgery in India.\n\n\nHope this helps.
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For blocks or clots in the arteries, that is the larger vessels in the body that carry blood away from the heart, the answer is an angiogram.  There are many types of angiograms, some procedures are invasive, and some can be done by injecting contrast intravenously and a scan is done thereafter - ultrasound, CT and MRI, depending on the location and other factors.\nFor blocks or clots in the veins, that is the vessels that carry blood to the heart, the answer is a venous doppler scan, duplex scan, and venogram, once again depending on the location and extent of the investigation required.\nThere may be other more specialised test, but this will depend on the disease.
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Ok, hang in there, I hope you'll get the angiogram done as soon as possible. I also work in England- in a hospital that does angiograms, not an NHS hospital.. Consider a private insurance (BUPA is good)..
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I had an angioplasty done in May and I still have some discomfort (very minor) it last about 90 and it will get better. Watch the wound and see that it is not turning red or looking infected and watch the temperature too.
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I test people for Perphrial Vascular Disease. That sometimes is a symptom.\n\nSometimes people get blockages in their legs. It's kind of like when you get blockages in your heart only they occur in the vessels in legs.\n\nIt can make your legs hurt, feel heavy or ache. That feeling is from lack of oxygen coming to the muscles via the vessels. It's a very simple test where they take the pressures in your legs and compare them to see the results. If you do have blockages in the legs they do stenting. Basically it's a little spring that holds open the blockage to allow the blood through.\n\nGood luck! Rememeber the number one cause of death is cardiac so always be safe
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You can ask the doctor to try the stent/ angioplasty procedure in both legs instead of just the left.
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No exercises, (save light house hold activity and maybe a little, gentle walking)  Now is not the time to engage in cardiac rehab.  Be sure to have your nitro in your pocket all of the time.  Take the nitro with ANY chest pressure, discomfort, tightness, fullness, or shortness of breath especially associated with activity.  Do not wait for it to be "painful."  Trust me on this one.  \n\nYour condition is unknown (therefore unstable) and it is impossible (and foolish) to predict what might be the case until you have your study.  The date for your angio seems uncharacteristically far away.  Usually if a person fails an exercise test we have an angiogram done within a week and often within a couple days...even the next day.  Something seems inconsistent there.  Is the date at your convenience?  If so, have it done as soon as possible so the unknown becomes known and your cardiologist can devise a treatment plan with better information.\n\nGood luck to you.
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Actually you'd be surprised as to the various types of disease that are related to the inflammation of the blood vessels and most of them have serious consequences.  I'm trying to determine if that is a sarcastic question or are you really looking for a type of doctor who treats vessel disease.  But an Internal Medicine doctor or vascular surgeon will treat them.
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I think you have the term wrong.  \n\nParadox is something that seems to be contradictory, even though it may be true.\nInfarction is the death of tissue from being deprived of oxygen rich blood.\n\nMaybe you mean myocardial infarction, which is a heart attack.
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Because Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease is largely under diagnosed and treated, evaluation and management are essential.  Patients with diabetes mellitus often develop PAOD earlier in life than people who do not have diabetes, and PAOD may progress more quickly and severely in people with diabetes.  For an excellent site with information regarding Signs and Symptoms and Screening and Diagnostic Testing, see http://lpn.advanceweb.com/common/editorial/editorial.aspx?CC=35863
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What treatments are available?\n\nThe goals of heart attack treatment are to return blood flow to your heart muscle, bring back a regular heartbeat, and give your heart time to recover.\n\nThe development of "clot busters" called thrombolytic agents (streptokinase, urokinase, tissue plasminogen activator) has increased survival rates for heart attack patients when these medicines are given as soon as possible after an attack. The term thrombolysis means to break up a clot, and that is exactly what these medicines do. In some cases, these medicines can break up a clot within minutes. To work best, they must be given as soon as possible after a heart attack.\n\nYou may also receive aspirin and blood-thinning medicines (anticoagulants) to stop clots from forming or growing in size. Also, oxygen may be given to increase the amount of oxygen in the blood still flowing through your heart. Painkillers may be used to reduce the pain. Some patients are also given medicines aimed at slowing their heart rate, opening and relaxing their blood vessels, and reducing the work of the heart. \n\nMost patients respond well to these medicines. Those who do not respond well may need further emergency care, such as balloon angioplasty and stenting, coronary artery bypass surgery, or a related procedure.\n\nRest is important very early after a heart attack. But within a few days, you should be up and moving around, taking short walks, and getting other kinds of limited exercise. Studies have shown that the heart benefits from exercise, even after a heart attack.\n\n\n\nOr\nCandidates for Emergency Angioplasty\nAs with thrombolytic treatments, angioplasty is most effective when performed within 12 hours of symptoms, and the sooner the better. The best candidates are the following:\n\nMost patients who are also good candidates for thrombolytic therapy. \nWomen who meet the criteria for both approaches may be better candidates for angioplasty than thrombolytic therapy. In fact, in a 2002 study, survival rates at one year were better in women who had had angioplasty than in men. (Previous reports showing higher mortality rates may have been due to a worse outcome in smaller people than larger ones with this procedure.) \nElderly patients who meet the criteria for both approaches tend to do better with angioplasty than thrombolytic therapy. \nPatients with diabetes who meet the criteria for both approaches. \nPatients younger than 75 who go into shock (when angioplasty can be performed within 18 hours of shock onset). There is no advantage for patients over 75 who are in shock. \nAlthough revascularization is not effective in most patients with non-ST elevation heart attacks, it might benefit certain subsets of these patients, such as those who show reduced blood flow in the damaged artery and when angioplasty can be performed within 12 hours. \nIt should be strongly noted that the experience of the medical center's staff is critical for optimal benefits, and not all surgeons are experienced in angioplasty. However, the procedure is becoming increasingly available and overall mortality rates are improving over time with angioplasty. Patients or their families should be sure their surgeon has performed at least 75 of these procedures and that the medical center has performed at least 200.
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Angina--which when used alone refers to angina pectoris--is a type of chest pain that is symptomatic of underlying heart problems. It is the direct result of a lack of blood to (or ischemia) an area of the heart muscle (or myocardium), but this ischemia is temporary. A heart attack--technically known as a myocardial infarction--is when a coronary artery in the heart becomes completely occluded and this cuts off the blood supply to a part of the heart muscle permanently. Thus, the essential difference is that angina is temporary and a heart attack is permanent. Both result from ischemia of some area of the myocardium.
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So you say you have a small pecker eh?  Well aint much you can do about that, maybe angioplasty, or maybe a graph.  Geez what a life to live small pecker person.