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rheumatic heart disease mitral valve
What is safer? Coronary angiography or 64 CT Scan?
Hello, doctors. My mom has a rheumatic heart disease and need having two of its valves replacement (+ mitral, aortic). However, your surgeon will perform either require coronary angiography or CT 64 have a rough idea of their vascular status. Apart from its valve problem, my mom is very health. She has very healthy eating habits and life, loves the outdoors, makes much physical excercise and housework every day … and has few gray hairs (she already 61 years old), my grandparents are in their 80s and who have no disease coronary either. …. All this suggests that my mom has a much lower risk of developing coronary heart disease. So we have the lowest risk option. I heard that the contrast agent can cause kidney failure. And both treatment need contrast agents. So I wonder what becomes less harm to patients? Angiography CT coronary or 64? Thank you.
The contrast material can damage the kidneys (particularly in patients with diabetes). Is sometimes used to avoid the dangers of angiography, repeated exposure to radiation, or the use of iodine-based dye (contrast). You can provide additional information when an echocardiogram is unclear. Cardiac MRI can reveal the following conditions: * Heart valve disorders * Pericardial effusion tumor invasion blood vessels or pericardium (around the heart) * * atrial myxoma Congenital heart abnormalities (such as pulmonary disease) atresia * Fibrosis or scarring of the heart muscle heart muscle * is (after a heart attack) to consult a medical professional.