Coronary Angioplasty and Heart Stenting in Kolkata
Coronary angioplasty and heart stenting can help in relieving the angina symptoms and is also used as an emergency treatment for coronary artery disease and heart attack.
Let’s start with the basics — what’s stent anyway? Basically a stent is a tiny tube your doctor may insert into a blocked heart passageway in order to keep it wide open. Medically speaking; the stent helps in restoring the flow of blood or other fluids based on where it’s placed.
Coronary arteries play an incredible role in keeping your heart healthy. Sad but true; in some people the coronary arteries may become narrowed or they may get blocked because fatty deposits, called atheroma, which built up within the artery walls.
Coronary angioplasty helps in improving the blood supply to your heart muscle by widening narrowed coronary arteries. It also allows the blood to flow through again.
A coronary artery stent is a small, metal mesh tube, which expands inside the coronary artery. Stent is usually placed during or immediately after angioplasty. The procedure is known as heart stenting and it helps in preventing the artery from closing up again. Drug eluting stent has been also introduced that has medicine embedded in it. It helps in preventing the artery from closing in the long term.
For the uninitiated; Coronary angioplasty and heart stenting can help in relieving the angina symptoms and is also used as an emergency treatment for coronary artery disease and heart attack.
So; what exactly happens during the angioplasty?
Your doctor will do an angiogram before embarking on the process. This will help him to look inside your arteries and determine the blockages.
Right at the start of the process you will be given a local anaesthetic. This will help in numbing the area. Then a superfine, medical grade, flexible, hollow tube (catheter) is passed into an artery in either your arm or groin. The tip of the catheter is equipped with a small and inflatable balloon and a small tube of stainless steel mesh known as stent. The doctor then passes the catheter to your coronary artery till its tip reaches a narrow or blocked section.
Leaving hospital after coronary angioplasty and heart stenting in Kolkata
In most of the cases; people can go home the same day or the next day, however if you undergo an emergency angioplasty it’s likely that you may have to stay in hospital for longer. If you’ve also had a heart attack, it might take bit longer
- Avoid doing any demanding activities for instance heavy lifting etc
- Avoid driving for at least a week after having angioplasty
- Avoid doing heavy listing or driving for longer if you also had a heart attack
- If you have a stent you may need to take certain anti-platelet drugs to prevent the risk of blood clots around the stent
- Worry not; stents are not affected by security systems at MRI scans or security systems.
How successful is coronary angioplasty and heart stenting in Kolkata?
Coronary Angioplasty and heart stenting is a safe procedure depending on the patient’s clinical condition and on the underlying coronary artery disease, whether or not the patient has any previous history of heart attack, bypass surgery and the overall condition and function of the heart also determines the success rate.
Dr. Tarun Praharaj is one of the eminent cardiologists in Kolkata.
Here are some cases treated by Dr. Tarun Praharaj
- Successful Stent PTCA Performed on a Physically Disabled Patient
- Successful Treatment of a Patient Suffering From ” Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome”
- Embolic Occlusion of Abdominal Aorta below the origin of both renal arteries
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM)
- Successful Angioplasty at 94 year male
- Coronary Angioplasty on Patient with Triple Vessel Disease with Very Poor LV Function (Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy)
- Dr Tarun Prahraj had treated Most Challenging Cases in his career, He has treated Mother Teresa in the year 1993 and 1996. On both the occasion she had undergone Angioplasty.
Get well soon!
