I am essay the story in that the vital impression has the heart attack, followed by surgery. How prolonged after the heart conflict would operation be performed? Would the chairman be rushed in to surgery? Would it be scheduled for the couple of days afterwards? Also, what sort of operation would typically be performed?
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ckm1956
October 15th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
The nurse is partially correct. If the angiogram shows significant, major blockages, the patient may be taken directly to bypass surgery. Delay, in these cases, can be fatal.
thelou
October 15th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
I used to do EKG’s in an Urgent Care clinic and one time an EKG came back that indicated the patient just had a heart attack. He came in for chest pain btw. I showed it to the nurse and she quickly showed it to the doctor. he read it within seconds and wanted another one just in case it was an error. I did it again and it came back the same. Indications (for your book) normally are elevated T waves that look like tombstones. After the doc read it a second time, we called the surgical team to get the room ready for surgery. so to answer your question, surgery after a heart attack could be within the hour, depending on how stable he/she is. there are serveral types of heart surgeries that include: CABG (coronary artery by-pass graft?) or a stent, which inflates the artery for more blood flow. surgeries performed on the heart that are days after chest pain are usually from unstable angina, which eventually leads to a heart attack. angina is just semi-clogged arteries that give small discomfort to the chest. remember, lack of oxygen to a muscle is pain.
Tehsser
October 15th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
When someone has a major heart attack, typically we rush them to the angiography suite for an angiogram – if able, we stent any vessels which are blocked straight away. If the blockages are too severe to stent, they need open heart surgery (CABGs), which they would not be ‘rushed’ into – typically it can take a few days or even a couple of weeks (at my hospital anyway!) to get this surgery.
Hope that helps!
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