coronary artery disease

[lynnieloulou]

Hi ive recently suffered an acute myocardial infarction after a cardiac stent in my right coronary artery blocked . They have put another stent in there. I have recieved the report on my heart and it says
I have
Lms-mild atheroma
Lad-diffuse disease with significant lesion in mid lad
Cx-mid vessel atheroma
Rca-diffuse disease in prox and mid vessel
Can someone please tell me how serious the state of my heart is and what can be done about it?
  Thanks

[lynnieloulou]

Thankyou for your reply . I am on daily 75mg aspirin,Brilique 90 mg twice a day, ivabradine 5mg twice a day, isosorbide mononitrate half tablet once a day and ramipril 1.25 mg a day.my cardiologist said that the significant lesion in my lad would be more than 50% calcified he seemed a bit concerned about that. I was just wondering what can be done would it have to be stented?

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
Definitely the report shows atheroma and diffuse disease in the coronary vessels.  Restenosis - the re-narrowing of a coronary artery - occurs within 3 – 6 months in 40 – 50% of patients who have angioplasty. So after restenting, you need to get prescribed antiplatelet drugs like he drugs abciximab and eptifabatide. Also do exercise daily as suggested by your cardiologist.

It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.

[lynnieloulou]

Thank you for replying I will certainly have a look and let you know  

[leejosepho]

Any damage to our hearts is serious, and I have also had a stent become blocked because I had done nothing to actually treat my coronary artery disease.  If you do a web search for "plant-based coronary diet" and spend some time researching and learning, you will find the things I am now doing that have begun making a tremendous difference for me.