Angioplasty India
What is Coronary Angioplasty?
In Angioplasty surgery, a balloon is used to open the blocked or narrowed blood vessels of the heart. Angioplasty is also known as Balloon angioplasty; Cardiac angioplasty; Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty, and Coronary artery angioplasty.
How to identify you need Coronary angioplasty?
There are some indications through which you can find that you or someone requires Coronary angioplasty:
- Persistent chest pain (angina)
- Blockage of one or more coronary arteries
- Residual obstruction in a coronary artery during or after a heart attack
Why Angioplasty is done?
Fat and cholesterol accumulate on the inside of arteries and form deposits called plaque. This condition is called atherosclerosis. Arteries supplying blood to the heart itself (called the coronary arteries) become narrowed or blocked by the accumulation Fat and cholesterol.
What procedure is followed in Angioplasty?
Angioplasty surgery begins whit patient lying on padded table. After that local pain medicine is given and then catheters are inserted in an artery. The patient undergone this procedure stays awakened, however, does not feel pain due to effect of pain medicine.
Blockages in heart identified by using X-rays and Dye as these techniques create a prefect visualization of diseased arteries. After that, a balloon catheter is inserted in or near blockage and then inflated. This process makes the blocked and narrowed arteries widen thus restoring the function of heart normal.
In many cases, blood thinning medicines can be given to formation of a blood clot. In all the cases, a device naming stent is also placed at the site of blockages in order to keep the artery open.
What can I expect after surgery?
- The procedure Angioplasty really improves blood flow through the coronary arteries and may eradicate the requirement of coronary artery bypass surgery as well.
- The result is relief from chest pain, and improved exercise capacity. In 2 out of 3 cases, the procedure is considered successful with complete elimination of the narrowing or blockage.
- This procedure treats the condition, but does not cure the cause, and recurrent narrowing can be expected in up to a quarter of cases over a 6-month period. However, this recurrent narrowing may or may not require a repeat procedure.
- Patients should diet, exercise, abstain from smoking, and reduce stress in order to lower the chances of recurrence. The physician may prescribe a medication, such as a statin drug, to help lower the patient's cholesterol.
- If the arteries are not sufficiently widened by angioplasty or the blockages are too severe to be treated by angioplasty, heart surgery (CABG surgery) may be recommended.
How long is the recovery period?
The average hospital stay is less than 2 days, and often, an overnight hospital stay is not required at all. Patients are generally able to walk within 6 hours after the procedure. Complete recovery takes a week or less.
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