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Why Is A TMT Required After A Angioplasty?
my age 45yrs wt-72kg height 167 cm facing bp from last 5yrs i was face heart attack and undergone angiography and on day latter angioplasty during angioplasty Dr told me your blockage is right now open 50 percentage earlier blockage was 90 percentage now dr advise me for TMT after 15 days why it is so requst opinion
Mon, 30 Jan 2017
hello,
Are you having any symptoms like chest pain at this point of time, if yes then he might need to know if it's cardiac or something else.
If You are not having symptoms then he might need to know about significance of blockages in other vessels. So if tmt is positive then it's likely that you have significant blockages which may be in vessels other than opened one and needs Stenting as well or sometimes there may occurrence of re- blockages in stent which needs to treated. So tmt will provide the overall status and significance of blockages.
Are you having any symptoms like chest pain at this point of time, if yes then he might need to know if it's cardiac or something else.
If You are not having symptoms then he might need to know about significance of blockages in other vessels. So if tmt is positive then it's likely that you have significant blockages which may be in vessels other than opened one and needs Stenting as well or sometimes there may occurrence of re- blockages in stent which needs to treated. So tmt will provide the overall status and significance of blockages.
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