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Treatment for Coronary Total Occlusion(100% blockage)
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Nov 8, 2023 | Replies (45)Comment receiving replies
@caretakermom- Anna, My EF improved, but not according to my cardiologist here where my stent was placed. A year later after I had another Echo I was told by the same cardiologist that there was still no change. That's when I decided to make my appt. at the AZ. Mayo. It was approx. 6 months later that I had my appt. with Dr. Lynch and after that battery of tests he confirmed to me that my EF was more like 45-47 rather than 30-32 that I was being told back home. I've read and been told that in many cases collateral blood vessels will often grow into those areas affected in the heart, but mine either took longer and because of the 100% blockage there was damaged heart tissue that would never receive regeneration.
An EF of 65 is totally normal. It would be interesting to know what your husbands was prior to the stent. Jim @thankful
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Jim @thankful, I'm a little confused. Your comment above suggests the stent to treat the CTO was done by your local cardiologistl? And you went to Mayo to get a second opinion on your EF after the stent was installed? Did you seek any treatments at Mayo other than running a battery of tests? We are hoping Mayo can help treat husband's CTO, if need to be.
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Jim@thankful. I should be able to find out what my husband EF was prior to stent, because there was 1 previous Nuclear test/Echo done in the first part of 2019 with result coming back "normal". Then in April/May of this year the Echo result was abnormal. However, due to other issues, my husband was not able to get the cardiac cath done right away. At that point, he still had no symptoms such as chest pain so the cardiologist said it was Ok to wait. My husband do the nuclear stress test and Echocardiogram because those must be done annually in order to qualify for transplant. I'm just very surprised that the CTO did not show up in the stress test at the 2019 stress test!!