Having heart stents placed is a common procedure in cases where a physician feels it can be a better solution for weak, narrowing or prevent cardiac arteries than the more invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), also referred to as heart bypass surgery. Arteries are large blood veins that take blood with oxygen from the heart to all various parts of the body.
Ageing and heart disease could cause these arteries to become weak, which can lead to a stroke or death; narrowed from a build-up of plaque are arteriosclerosis, or blocked totally by the same plaque that will create a heart attack or possibly, death. Plaque is a waxy substance which accumulates inside coronary arteries and adheres to the walls of the artery and as well as itself. The necessity for this procedure, as well as the success of the treatment once it is completed, can be found through a cardiac stress test. The most commonly performed version of this test is the exercise stress test. In this test, you walk on a treadmill while your physician or his staff carefully monitors all your heart and breathing functions. The intensity of the exercise increases in intervals by the technician carrying out the test, once you attain the highest heart-rate, and blood pressure your physician has determined, the test stops.
Stents are tiny mesh tubes placed inside a cardiac artery through a process called angioplasty. More than one stents are placed in one or several arteries, depending upon the seriousness and nature of the problem requiring surgical intervention. The angioplasty process includes a thin, flexible tube with a small balloon and metal or fabric stent on the end, placed via a large blood vessel, normally in the groin, arm or neck. When the balloon is in place, it is inflated pressing the stent against the wall of the artery and widening it, fixing blood flow and solving any heart related symptoms. Fabric heart stents, also called stent grafts, are for larger arteries, while metal stents are the most commonly used.
Regardless of which type is used, they are available with a coating of medication that slowly releases into the artery to reduce the risk of another blockage forming. A stent supports the inner wall for several weeks to years after placed during angioplasty. Despite stent placement, there is still a 10-20 % chance of the artery becoming narrow or clogged within a year after angioplasty. If no treatment occurs with stent placement, the chance increases.
As with any type of surgery, there is a recovery period and this isn't any different for heart stent recovery. After the procedure and the catheter removed, the nurse and other staff will bandage the insertion point. After bandaging, a tiny sandbag or other similar type of weight is placed on the area to apply pressure preventing any bleeding. You will recover in a place where you are carefully supervised and your movement restricted. Once the staff feels that you have successfully recovered from the treatment, you are discharged. You aren't permitted to drive, climb steps or do any lifting for several days, but after that, your activity can come back to normal if you do not experience any problems and your physician feels you fit to return to normal activity. Complications such as a large amount of bleeding or abnormal pain, inflammation or other signs of infection at the insertion site.
Ageing and heart disease could cause these arteries to become weak, which can lead to a stroke or death; narrowed from a build-up of plaque are arteriosclerosis, or blocked totally by the same plaque that will create a heart attack or possibly, death. Plaque is a waxy substance which accumulates inside coronary arteries and adheres to the walls of the artery and as well as itself. The necessity for this procedure, as well as the success of the treatment once it is completed, can be found through a cardiac stress test. The most commonly performed version of this test is the exercise stress test. In this test, you walk on a treadmill while your physician or his staff carefully monitors all your heart and breathing functions. The intensity of the exercise increases in intervals by the technician carrying out the test, once you attain the highest heart-rate, and blood pressure your physician has determined, the test stops.
Stents are tiny mesh tubes placed inside a cardiac artery through a process called angioplasty. More than one stents are placed in one or several arteries, depending upon the seriousness and nature of the problem requiring surgical intervention. The angioplasty process includes a thin, flexible tube with a small balloon and metal or fabric stent on the end, placed via a large blood vessel, normally in the groin, arm or neck. When the balloon is in place, it is inflated pressing the stent against the wall of the artery and widening it, fixing blood flow and solving any heart related symptoms. Fabric heart stents, also called stent grafts, are for larger arteries, while metal stents are the most commonly used.
Regardless of which type is used, they are available with a coating of medication that slowly releases into the artery to reduce the risk of another blockage forming. A stent supports the inner wall for several weeks to years after placed during angioplasty. Despite stent placement, there is still a 10-20 % chance of the artery becoming narrow or clogged within a year after angioplasty. If no treatment occurs with stent placement, the chance increases.
As with any type of surgery, there is a recovery period and this isn't any different for heart stent recovery. After the procedure and the catheter removed, the nurse and other staff will bandage the insertion point. After bandaging, a tiny sandbag or other similar type of weight is placed on the area to apply pressure preventing any bleeding. You will recover in a place where you are carefully supervised and your movement restricted. Once the staff feels that you have successfully recovered from the treatment, you are discharged. You aren't permitted to drive, climb steps or do any lifting for several days, but after that, your activity can come back to normal if you do not experience any problems and your physician feels you fit to return to normal activity. Complications such as a large amount of bleeding or abnormal pain, inflammation or other signs of infection at the insertion site.
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