Description Of Coronary Angiogram With Stent, Care After

Depending on age and gender it is acceptable to drink alcohol. Females can have one alcoholic beverage a day and males can have two drinks a day. This information refers to the amount they should drink when they do end up drinking. It is not proposed for one to do it every day (CDC, 2015). The average drink is 12 ounces of regular beer, 8-9 ounces of malt liquor, 5 ounces of unfortified whine, and 1.5 ounces of 80-proof hard liquor (Mayo clinic, 2015). Knowing these guidelines can help one determine if he or she is drinking with in the regulated limit.

The blood vessel that Dr. Eltahawy was concerned about was thin and looked as though it would collapse in on itself. First, Dr. Eltahawy tried a balloon catheter. At the top of the catheter was a small balloon that could inflate to maintain a shape or structure of a blood vessel. However, because the blood vessel was so thin, the balloon catheter was not very effective. Instead, Dr. Eltahawy installed a stent. A stent is a wire mesh tube. It is placed in a blood vessel permanently to maintain the shape of the vessel and to allow for the free flow of blood. Throughout this entire independent study, I realize that shadowing in the medical field is less about learning about medicine and more about discovering about whether becoming a doctor is the right step. This independent study has been a step in the right

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1). Chest X-ray was normal. Initial laboratory studies were remarkable for white blood cells count of 12.1K, a creatine kinase MB fraction of < 3 mm was associated with significant reductions in restenosis and the rate of target vessel revascularization19. In SES-SMART trial patients were randomly assigned to receive a Sirolimus-eluting or bare-metal stent in small coronary artery. Sirolimus stent was associated with significant reductions in the rates of angiographic restenosis (primary outcome), target lesion revascularization and MI at 8 months20. The composite clinical endpoint ( death, non-fatal MI, ischemia- driven target lesion revascularization, and cerebrovascular accidents) was significantly lower with the sirolimus-eluting stent21. In the TAXUS V trial, in the subset of patients with small coronary arteries, the paclitaxel stent was associated with significant reductions in angiographic restenosis and target lesion revascularization at nine months compared to bare metal stents22. Although DES improves target lesion revascularization rates compared to bare-metal stents in small vessels, the absolute rates are still higher in small vessels than large

Limit alcohol intake to no more than 1 drink per day for nonpregnant women and 2 drinks per day for men. One drink equals 12 oz of beer, 5 oz of wine, or 1½ oz of hard liquor.

This sheet gives you information about how to care for yourself after your procedure. Your health care provider may also give you more specific instructions. If you have problems or questions, contact your health care provider.

Do not use tobacco products, including cigarettes, chewing tobacco, or e-cigarettes. If you need help quitting, ask your health care provider.

During an angiogram a catheter is inserted in the vein or artery of the patient depending on the part of the heart that is being examined. All of the angiograms

Limit alcohol intake to no more than 1 drink a day for nonpregnant women and 2 drinks a day for men. One drink equals 12 oz of beer, 5 oz of wine, or 1 1/2 oz of hard liquor.

Stent devices were invented in the 1980s and refined in the 1990s. Stenting techniques have transformed and expanded the therapeutic capabilities of angioplasty. There are two classification for stents based on their mode of deployment balloon-expandable and self-expandable. Stents are small mesh tubes which inserted to keep arteries open after angioplasty procedure. Drug -eluting stents have a polymer coating over mesh. This Polymer coatings have been proven to be durable and deliver drug in a uniform and controlled way ( White, Hollier 2007).

• Your blood pressure, heart rate, breathing rate, and blood oxygen level will be monitored often until the medicines you were given have worn

This sheet gives you information about how to care for yourself after your procedure. Your health care provider may also give you more specific instructions. If you have problems or questions, contact your health care provider.

Studies have shown that prescribing patients certain medications can aid in cardiac health and keeping coronary stents patent after discharge from the hospital post

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During this procedure the Doctor/ Surgeon will numb the arm or groin and embed a(n) catheter into your artery. Then the catheter is threaded through the arterial system until it reaches the coronary (heart) artery. The catheter will be visible on an x-ray screen for the doctor or surgeon can see internally. The Doctor will then thread a very thin wire to the catheter across the blockage (cartilage). Right above this wire, a catheter with an expandable balloon is passed to the blockage. Once the balloon is inflated it will push the plaque to the side to open the artery and allow blood to flow through.In more than most, patients will receive a Stent (which is a collapsed wire mesh tube), this procedure is similar to angioplasty except a stent is permanent and angioplasty is temporarily. This stent is mounted on a special balloon, and is moved over the wire to the blocked area. When the balloon is inflated it opens and locks the stent in the artery, keeping it open. Lastly the balloon and catheter are taken out, and the artery will remain open and your heart will receive the blood it