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Is Bypass Surgery Recommended For Blocked Artery In A Diabetic Patient?

my dad is a cardiac patient and underwent in angiocardiogram recently and found that his left artery were blocked almost 90% in 2 places. he is also a diabetic patient. doctor advised for bypass surgery but i disagreed. i like to treat him through medicine because of his health condition. he cant devour such surgery right now. what should i do?? please help
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
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Hello dear and thanks for posting your query here.
As you said, your father has two 90% lesions in the left coronary artery for which he has been advised CABG, but you have not mentioned about the condition of the other heart vessels and also about the LVEF which is a measure of the heart function.
And as you said you don't want your father undergo surgery, then you must take a second opinion to find if there is any possibility of doing an angioplasty! particularly if your father's other vessels are normal and also has good heart function.
Meanwhile continue the medicines prescribed to him.
I hope this information would be of help to you.
Thanks and all the best.
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Is Bypass Surgery Recommended For Blocked Artery In A Diabetic Patient?

Hello dear and thanks for posting your query here. As you said, your father has two 90% lesions in the left coronary artery for which he has been advised CABG, but you have not mentioned about the condition of the other heart vessels and also about the LVEF which is a measure of the heart function. And as you said you don t want your father undergo surgery, then you must take a second opinion to find if there is any possibility of doing an angioplasty! particularly if your father s other vessels are normal and also has good heart function. Meanwhile continue the medicines prescribed to him. I hope this information would be of help to you. Thanks and all the best.