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There is a heart surgeon on YouTube / TikTok that has a couple of videos on this topic. He says, without symptoms, never get a stent. Never get a bypass unles
by budman1 2mo ago
There is a heart surgeon on YouTube / TikTok that has a couple of videos on this topic.
He says, without symptoms, never get a stent. Never get a bypass unless you have chest pains, shortness of breath, or other symptoms.
Lot of people have plugged up heart arteries. If it does not impact them, don't mess with them.
My story:
61 years old. excessive fatigue. echo cardiogram, no-exercise showed no issues. CT scan looked like a christmas tree. Heart Catheterization was unable to get into the vessels for stenting. Triple CABG a few days later.
The CT scan was easy, cheap (my insurance covered it), and fast. And it put me on path to get my heart fixed.
- teleforce 2mo ago>echo cardiogram The main advantage of ECG compared to echo is that it's represent the functionality of the heart and overall CVD rather than structure like echo. CT scan is not for screening and risk prediction, it's normally recommended after discovery of CVD related symptoms. Having said that even CT cannot detect some of CVDs since it mainly cover the vascular part of the CVD not cardio engine (heart). ECG is the only one technique that cover comprehensive CVDs screening and it's non-invasive.