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What Causes Breathlessness After Stent Placement For A Blocked Aortic Valve?

Aorta is 80 % blocked .Another valve is 30 % blocked. Stint placed in 30% blockage. Mother is having difficulty breathing and has been intobated. O2 sat going into 80’s T least once a day and she crashes. Why would Dr place stint first , instead of repairing aortic valve
Mon, 25 Jun 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

After going through your medical details I understand your concern and I would like to tell you that blood supply is very important to heart muscles if you want your should be working in extreme physical stress during surgery. In absence of full detailed medical history of your case I can just tell you that there are many possibilities of why they didn't repair valve as it can be patient isn't fit for surgery, patient was having acute coronary syndrome etc. Kindly speak to your treating Cardiologist as he can tell you in detail about your specific query.

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What Causes Breathlessness After Stent Placement For A Blocked Aortic Valve?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. After going through your medical details I understand your concern and I would like to tell you that blood supply is very important to heart muscles if you want your should be working in extreme physical stress during surgery. In absence of full detailed medical history of your case I can just tell you that there are many possibilities of why they didn t repair valve as it can be patient isn t fit for surgery, patient was having acute coronary syndrome etc. Kindly speak to your treating Cardiologist as he can tell you in detail about your specific query. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.