23rd July 2007
[QUOTE=Lenin;3114424]Bronco,
If your only condition is an old heart attack that never caused you any problems then that ship has sailed, all the damage it will do has probably already been done and there's no point in medicating it with an anti-angina med.
Bronco, cell damage can be an ongoing physiological pathology due to insufficient blood supply to an area of the heart. It does not require angina to be treated, just the knowledge there is ischemia.
I have no angina, but the perscription for long acting Isosorbide tablet (nitrate) is recommended. The medication relaxes heart vessels and this gives some assurance for optimum blood flow for daily activities. I take 2 tablets a day and no side effects.
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Huckfinn, you have an interesting and complicated cardio/vascular. Haven't heard about left dominant.:confused: You articulate well the exceptions to the "Courage" study as the study is narrowly focused. People that have diabetes are another excepton due to an intolerance to some medication.
QUOTE " Stents prevent heart attacks, heart damage, and death. I have 4 stents in my Lad and 1 in my Lcx. Each stent in my Lad represents death avoided by opening up this artery. Most cannot live if this artery closes. It supplies the left ventricle and other areas of the heart. I believe a "widowmaker" heart attack involves closure of this coronary artery. The widowmaker may also involve the location of the blockage in the Lad, i.e. being in the proximal (beginning). My Lcx is dominant, so this stent was surely a life saver".
I have a totally blocked LAD and 42% block of the LCX. From what I understand, where the circumflex branches from the LAD is very vulnerable to blockage due to blood turbulence at the site of branch, and as a consequence of the branch site the area is very difficult to stent. Stent one vessel blocks the other. Need a "Y" stent.:D
I have a completely blocked LAD, but collateral vessels provide natural bypass at the location just below the branch. With all your blockage problem, hasn't there been some angiogenesis and/or collateral vessels?
If your only condition is an old heart attack that never caused you any problems then that ship has sailed, all the damage it will do has probably already been done and there's no point in medicating it with an anti-angina med.
Bronco, cell damage can be an ongoing physiological pathology due to insufficient blood supply to an area of the heart. It does not require angina to be treated, just the knowledge there is ischemia.
I have no angina, but the perscription for long acting Isosorbide tablet (nitrate) is recommended. The medication relaxes heart vessels and this gives some assurance for optimum blood flow for daily activities. I take 2 tablets a day and no side effects.
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Huckfinn, you have an interesting and complicated cardio/vascular. Haven't heard about left dominant.:confused: You articulate well the exceptions to the "Courage" study as the study is narrowly focused. People that have diabetes are another excepton due to an intolerance to some medication.
QUOTE " Stents prevent heart attacks, heart damage, and death. I have 4 stents in my Lad and 1 in my Lcx. Each stent in my Lad represents death avoided by opening up this artery. Most cannot live if this artery closes. It supplies the left ventricle and other areas of the heart. I believe a "widowmaker" heart attack involves closure of this coronary artery. The widowmaker may also involve the location of the blockage in the Lad, i.e. being in the proximal (beginning). My Lcx is dominant, so this stent was surely a life saver".
I have a totally blocked LAD and 42% block of the LCX. From what I understand, where the circumflex branches from the LAD is very vulnerable to blockage due to blood turbulence at the site of branch, and as a consequence of the branch site the area is very difficult to stent. Stent one vessel blocks the other. Need a "Y" stent.:D
I have a completely blocked LAD, but collateral vessels provide natural bypass at the location just below the branch. With all your blockage problem, hasn't there been some angiogenesis and/or collateral vessels?