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Posted At : February 12, 2009 10:05 PM | Posted By : J Scott
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During Brad’s angiogram today the cardiologist found one place in the right coronary artery that had an 80% blockage so he did an angioplasty and put in one stent – the 7th one in that artery. We figured he wanted to match stents with Brad’s royals!
But this is good news, perhaps pushing the need for bypass surgery further into the future. Brad is chafing under the orders to lie flat for so many hours, but he should be discharged from the hospital tomorrow and able to pretty much go back to his regular “job” of having fun in a casino, hopefully with Lady Luck still at his side.
We thank everyone who was praying and thinking good thoughts and wishing Brad well today.
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I've used it for years and it is very inexpensive compared to a bypass,
stent or angio.
The American Heart Association states that there is currently "no scientific evidence to demonstrate any benefit from this form of therapy" and that the "United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the American College of Cardiology all agree with the American Heart Association" that "there have been no adequate, controlled, published scientific studies using currently approved scientific methodology to support this therapy for cardiovascular disease."[19] Atwood et al. consider that methodological flaws and lack of prior probability make this trial "unethical, dangerous, pointless, and wasteful."
Make sure that Brad hangs onto his stent card (this tells exactly what type of stent was placed, the date, and which artery) that is given to him hopefully at discharge. This will come in handy if Brad ever needs a MRI or MRA in the future, as some of these stents are not MRI compatible. I assume he does not have a pacemaker. Just wanted you to know, as I have been working in MRI for almost 20 yrs now and almost every day have people that do not have their stent cards and have problems getting scheduled. You guys are always helping people so I thought I would add a little tidbit...