angiogram guide wire

When they perform stenting they take the images first to give a map for the cardiologist and to see where the blockages are. Then a guide wire is passed through the blockage and a catheter is slid over the wire and passed the blockage. The catheter has suction and is slowly pulled back to remove any clot material. Another image is then taken. This may be done 2 or 3 times. Then a balloon is used to enlarge the artery and nitro is given to prevent any spasm.

If you imagine a wire mesh stent expanded, only the wire has the drug. All the spaces between the wire obviously have nothing. Those balloons are quite new and have been having good success across Europe.

There is a difference between an angiogram and angioplasty. Angiogram is a diagnostic procedure! Angioplasty is therapeutic meaning treatment. Usually, or almost always the diagnostic procedure (angiogram) is performed before there is treatment.

I think 'pressure wire' is another term for 'ffr' or 'Fractional flow rate'. As with an angiogram, they insert a catheter and then thread a wire up to the arteries of the heart, but with a tiny sensor on the tip which measures the pressure of blood around it. It detects the flow rate of blood and pressure, showing the cardiologist the blockages which are affecting the heart. This reduces having unnecessary stents fitted.

The Dr will find the area, numb you up, insert a needle to the area, insert a wire thru the needle, remove the needle, and you go up to surgery with a flexible wire which will guide the surgeon to the area that needs to be excised. When you wake up, you will have a small incision in the breast and may even go home the same day. You will be fine, and I hope all pathology results come out benign for you!

What can be ruled out with a ct angiogram? Can we see what the EF is ? Also can they find any abnormalities in the shap of the heart? And can they see any major valve regurgitatiOn? I'm concerned ? Because some people rather have a conventional angiogram and don't see a ct angiogram useful and I would like to know why??

My doctor suggested an Angiogram to make sure that something is not being missed. I am a little nervous and thought someone could answer some questions I have? 1. Is this a fairly safe procedure? 2. What are the risks? 3. Do all the serious risk only happen during the procedure? 4. What are the risk 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours after the procedure, meaning how long before you know you are out of the risk zone? 5.

I have been dealing with chest pain for over a year now I have had several ekgs a stress test that came up abnormal so then they did an angiogram which came back normal yet I am still having chronic pain in the left side of my chest off and on and its sharp I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO !!!!!!!!!! I am tired of hurting all the time....what should I do next???????????

They used mammograms to do wire guide and placed dye in before inserting the wire. I sat there watching the whole thing, no pain. Put me out for the surgery and I was lucky that I had no pain after as well. Had a great Dr. Hope yours goes as well.

The procedure involves a guide wire attached to the cath, and if the guide can penetrate the plaque, some of the plaque can be removed by a grinding instrument. It is possible a 100% blocked vessel has other vessels supplying the deficit area and that may be sufficient.

Your surgeon will use the wire as a guide to the tissue that needs to be removed. Since mammograms will be taken first, ask your radiologist if you can use Lidocaine gel to numb your breast before the procedure. Getting The Right Picture at the Right Place: Your wire localization will be done in the Radiology Department of the hospital or surgical center where your breast biopsy or lumpectomy is scheduled.

The usual procedure is to use a guide wire through the occlusion, and apparently that procedure is not an option given the circumstance. As of a recent report retrograde angioplasty can be an option. For some insight: The retrograde approach for total occlusion (chronic) is a relatively new treatment strategy with its attendant complications having not yet been fully appreciated and described. An April 12, 2000 report.

My consultant is having difficulty to come to terms with my symtoms as no reason is evident from an MRI, echo, angiogram etc. and the last blockage found in the LAD was 72mm long and upto 95% blocked but was only found with a pressure wire test. Does anyone else have these problems and how are your doctors treating you.

If you are going for an angiogram (catherization) they will have a clearer picture of the blood flow and if possible they will do what they can to clear it at that time. Make sure to ask if they are going through the wrist or groin, the wrist is easier on you! DISCLAIMER: I am NOT a doctor. You should only accept medical advise from a licensed professional.

It reflects the pumping capacity of the heart. Please discuss this with your consulting doctor, he may guide you as per the exercise protocol. Hope this helped and do keep us posted.

Hi, My mother has had a triplr bypass surgery 1 1/2 years ago and since then had a tough time recuperating. She went recently for a angiogram and found that her lad is 70% blocked and that her Circumflex is 100% blocked she was told that the 100% blockage is in-ooperable and not told much about the 70% other than the doctors don't feel she needs to worry just to keep up with her veggie diet she should be fine.

1) left ventricular end-diastolic pressure= 20 mmHg. Left ventricular systolic pressure = 125 mmHg. No gradient across aortic valve. No segmental wall motion abnormality. Left ventricular systolic function normal. no significant aortic insufficiency or mitral regurgitaion. 2) coronary artery system is right dominant... A) right coronary artery is a large vessel with no angiographic stenosis. B) Lsft main coronary artery in normal in size..

my Dad is 67 years old and had memory loss ,slurred speech due to two little block in brain and blockage in internal carotid artery . The doppler study and MRI A angiogram showed 100% blockage of left internal carotid artery. The right artery had 30% 40% of block. His colateral blood is normal. he had diabeties and Bp for the past 1 1/2 years. he got blood supply through right arteries..

and 4) wire localization, in which a guide wire is placed into the suspicious area to help the surgeon locate the lesion during surgical biopsy. You could read more about the procedure and what to expect through this link: http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=breastbimr&bhcp=1 I hope this helps. You could discuss this with your doctor as an option. All the best on your biopsy and keep us posted.

Will wire be move during transit then cause inaccurate? Because the surgery is based on the wire guide excision Should I talk to my surgeon to ask to do both in the same facility? I knew this after the person who schedule the surgery for me. I think should be done in the same hospital? Anyone ever heard the similar situation? Will this increase the possibility for infection? I was told that because the day surgery has no that kind of radiology?

An angiogram is not really invasive, it's just passing a catheter wire up through your arteries to the heart, shooting out some dye and looking at the live x-rays on the monitor about you. About 2 hours after the procedure you will be on your way home.

Major complications following angioplasty are uncommon, and by cut I assume you are referring to guide wire punctures and that can lead to injury of the artery, also, balloon with angioplasty poses a risk of blood clots or tearing the artery. There is danger of puncturing the vessel with the guidewire during an angioplasty, and risk is very small. Patients must be monitored for hematoma or hemorrhage at the puncture site.

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