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Cholesterol accumulation
My Father has recently diagnosed with the 100% Blockage in one of his Artery in heart and after Angioplasty we got to know that only 5 % was the cholesterol that doctor has removed and remaining 95% is the Calcium which cannot be removed. Hence can you please help me out with the solution for this.
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Dr. Prakash Ajmera
Cardiologist
16 yrs exp
Hyderabad
if calcium is there we can debulk the Arteryvand can put stent to the artery by which can salvage myocardium.
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