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Need alternate treatment for blockage
Hi Team,
My father is 65 years old and he is diabetic patient from last 18 years but he is leading his healthy life style and diabetic is under control recently he observed whole walking sudden fast heart beat so he went through TMT, ECG, angiography,TMT is positive and doc recommended CABG but he is scared of when he got to know that they are going to cut rib bones as my father very sensitive.
Please let me know any other way to remove blockages without cutting rib bone and it should be less painful.
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Dr. Vibhav Sharma
Cardiologist
4 yrs exp
Delhi
Multi-vessel angioplasty is an option, if he is not willing to undergo surgery.
Having said that, I must also inform you that in the long term CABG has better outcomes in diabetics. There remains a finite risk of restenosis after a few years which may need additional angioplasty. This risk depends on the number of stents deployed, length of stents etc etc.
Also, right coronary artery has a total occlusion, the success of an angioplasty in such cases remains around 70% as opposed to the other two vessels with 90% block which has high chances of a successful angioplasty.
In short - angioplasty is an option here, but a bypass remains the better option.
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