The heart has its reasons which the reason does not know

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Dear all,

Yesterday evening I underwent an emergency angioplasty for an acute angina

that had hit me yesterday noon. Although my ECG showed minor changes of

ischaemia , my BP had shot up. This was the first episode of angina I have

ever had, and apart from the genes that I inherited from my parents, I have

no risk factors for coronary artery disease.

An angiogram performed by Dr Pramod Mundra in his private hospital in

Nagpur showed 80% occlusion of my left anterior descending artery. The

blood flow through the artery was good, though.The cardiologist and the

friends, accompanying me in the cath lab toyed between the two options ;

medical therapy or angioplasty. The cardiologist, true to the adage,

" never ask a barber if you need a hair cut " , chose for the later option.

Within minutes, a baloon and a 18 mm drug eluting stent opened my artery

and the blood began to flow again.

I am writing this from the ICU bed and hope to go back to Sevagram

tomorrow evening. I am grateful to everyone who stood by me during my

hospitalisation . As of now I am enjoyed being badly pampered !

Best,

SP

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SP Kalantri, MD, MPH

Department of Medicine

MGIMS

Sevagram | 442102 | Maharashtra | India

Phone: 91 - 7152 - 284134

Fax: 91 - 7152 - 284967

E-mail: sp.kalantri@...

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