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Cornary Angiography (Ms AK)
AK, a 78 year old female, came into hospital with chest discomfort. She admitted to being under some stress. Her ECG showed sinus rhythm with left bundle branch block. After her echocardiogram proved to be normal, she decided she would like a coronary angiogram. The coronary angiogram accessed through the right radial artery (in the wrist) with a 6F catheter was also shown to be normal.
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The first question is, tell us about your experience of this procedure. When I arrived this morning, I was certainly treated very well and shown to my seat. The other thing that was really helpful was that I have a problem with my husband at home. Okay. He has dementia, and so I needed to get back fairly quickly. And they were extremely accommodating about that, and I had the procedure on time, or in a much shorter wait time than I thought I would have. And everything was explained to me very well. The procedure itself was alright. It was obviously a little discomfort, but nothing to worry about at all. and the, is he the technician or the radiologist or whoever was reassuring that everything was all clear for me and I was relieved about that. Because the most important thing for me is to keep fit. Excellent. Is there anything that you would like to tell a prospective who would be about to undergo the same procedure? Just inevitably one feels a little bit anxious, but there really isn't anything to worry about at all. One is in very good hands and everything was very professionally done. Thank you. And was there anything that you experienced today that was unexpected for you? I didn't think so. I think the time down in the lab was short and everything went smoothly, so I think it was absolutely fine.
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