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Is An Angiogram A Safe Procedure?

My mom is getting an angiogram to see if she needs a second heart stent. She s also a scrub tech so I m fairly familiar with the procedure. I was wondering. Would it be possible to remove the heart temporarily and clean the artery via bi-pass while connected to an artificial heart? The artificial heart would only be used for a short period of time to allow for arterial cleaning and the temporarily removed heart could be cleaned as well. I know the procedure sounds more dangerous but if I m correct the end result could prolong and even improve life. Please be critical I want to know where I m wrong so I can continue to improve my theory.
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

In fact there are two procedures:

1. Angiography: it is just putting a guide wire into a major vessel , then forwarding it into the heart, and just seeing if there is any narrowing . this is simple process and done even without anesthesia.If there is any narrowing a stent cab be placed that area to widen the vessel,this is called angioplasty. in both of these cases neither heart is stopped nor bypassed.

2. CABG (Coronory artery bypass graft): this is a surgical procedure , done in which a vessel taken from the leg or chest is attached to the vessel of the heart to bypass the narrow vessel . It is mostly done as by pass surgery in which heart is temporarily stopped and a machine works as heart for that time. However these days it can also be done without stopping the heart ( called beating heart surgery)

Hope I have answered your query.
Let me know if I can assist you further.


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Is An Angiogram A Safe Procedure?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. In fact there are two procedures: 1. Angiography: it is just putting a guide wire into a major vessel , then forwarding it into the heart, and just seeing if there is any narrowing . this is simple process and done even without anesthesia.If there is any narrowing a stent cab be placed that area to widen the vessel,this is called angioplasty. in both of these cases neither heart is stopped nor bypassed. 2. CABG (Coronory artery bypass graft): this is a surgical procedure , done in which a vessel taken from the leg or chest is attached to the vessel of the heart to bypass the narrow vessel . It is mostly done as by pass surgery in which heart is temporarily stopped and a machine works as heart for that time. However these days it can also be done without stopping the heart ( called beating heart surgery) Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.