FP, a male aged 83, presented with exertional stable angina. He has had a previous coronary artery bypass graft. His echocardiogram from a few months ago showed good overall biventricular systolic function with mildly dilated left atrium in size, alongside mitral regurgitation. Subsequently he underwent coronary angiography through the right radial artery (in the wrist) with a 6F Impulse FL3.5 catheter. The test showed all territories of the myocardium (heart muscle) were well vascularised (have adequate blood supply).
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Right, so the first question is, tell us about your experience of this procedure. It was very professional, from the word go. Everything seemed to be taken care of. The questions of the nurse were to the point, and I think covered everything. The man who did the procedure seemed to be, this is a layman talk, seemed to be in control. It took quite a long time because there were complications. I had bypass surgery in 2001 He said that he was sorry, but would take a little time Because he had to find them so to speak and he did successfully and he reported which I'm quite happy about it said That operation was a success They were still in good condition And overall, I think they looked after me as well as you could expect. Fantastic. And would there be anything that you would want to tell a prospective patient who's about to undergo the procedure? Well, only in the sense that although it is more or less pain-free, it's extremely uncomfortable. It was absolutely freezing, but apparently it has to be for the machinery, I think, to operate. I don't know whether you agree with that or not. But otherwise, no, it worked very well. I'm glad to have done it because I was concerned about what might be wrong. Was there anything that was unexpected about the procedure? It's quite a good question, but I can't immediately think, I mean, it's hard to answer that question in a way, because I'm not experienced, although I did have an angiogram in 2001, but it's a long time ago, I've forgotten. It took quite a while because of the complication of looking for those, what do they call them? The grafts? The grafts, yeah. So, no, I just went along with it, I tried to relax and hold my breath when I was told I should hold my breath and not when I shouldn't.
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