my carotid has a 60% occlusion - when do i have to have a stent place in it?

Question

Can a carotid stent be visible from the outside?

Answer 1

Usually 70%: How did you find out that your artery is 60% occluded. Usually guidelines state that you do not need a stent placed until you are having symptoms (lightheadedness/dizziness, vision loss, etc) and it is 70% occluded. Depending on your situation, however, your primary doctor or cardiologist may have a different discussion with you. It is best to also get their opinion. Best wishes.

Answer 2

Depends on symptoms.: If symptomatic can treat lesions 50% or greater. Asymptomatic patients, ones with no symptoms, may not need treatment until 80% stenosis. I work closely with my neurology colleagues and we decide together when a patient needs a carotid stent. We will send the patient to a surgeon if patient needs an endarterectomy. Consider seeing a neurologist. Be sure to take your antiplatelet medications.

Answer 3

Depends: A 60% degree of narrowing alone is not a reason to have a stent placed in. If you are having symptoms related to the narrowing (stroke or mini-stroke) you should see a vascular specialist. Most people need the artery surgically cleaned out as opposed to a stent. A person with a 60% degree of narrowing without symptoms should be treated with best medical therapy

Answer 4

Permanent: While bioabsorbable stents are in the development pipeline, they are not yet commercially available. Renal artery stenting is done with permanent stents.

Answer 5

Permanent: The stents that are currently used for renal artery stenosis are permanent.

Answer 6

Permanent: Arterial stents are meant to be permanent and are rarely ever removed. They can, however, develop restenosis or renarrowing that may require further intervention.

Answer 7

A long time: As long as there are no infections and the stent graft doesn't move, stent grafts are known to last for the life of the patient. Problems arise when the graft moves or the "seal" is lost and the aneurysm sac starts to grow again. This is why monitoring of stent grafts with ct angiograms or ultrasounds is very important.

Answer 8

Years: Need to follow up with your doctor to make sure that there is no narrowing or leaking from the stent / stent graft. Usually once a year enough. Report any new symptoms such as abdominal or leg pain.

Answer 9

No: Stents don't cause disease, but they can fail. They fail either because of scarring, clotting or progression of disease (atherosclerosis). Whenever stents are placed they should monitored on a regular basis in order to intervene before any of the above occur.

Answer 10

Not really: Once a stent is placed to treat a narrowing in a vessel, a reaction causing overgrowth of the vessel sometimes forms, which can cause the vessel to narrow again. This is called intimal hyperplasia. Smoking can cause this to happen faster. Notify your doctor if symptoms come back.

Answer 11

Surgery ussually: Colon obstruction can be caused by benign conditions(diverticulitis, volvulus or twisting, constipation, inflamatory bowel didease) or cancer. Sometimes medications or minor procedures can help( atleast temporarily) , surgery is usually required for majority of causes, especially when cancer is associated.

Answer 12

Aha, acc: There are excellent on line resources fro the american heart association and american college of cardiology. Go to patient information resources section or search on "pci or percutaneous coronary intervention".

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