SG, a female aged 70, came in with exertional chest pain. She has a background of high cholesterol and high blood pressure. She was offered coronary angiogram through the right radial artery (in the wrist) with the use of a TIG 5F Diagnostic Catheter. The test revealed disease of the left main stem coronary artery and its branches, as well as an occluded right coronary artery. Following this, she was scheduled for a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG).
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The first question is, tell us about your experience of this procedure. My experience of the procedure, it's like me at first, nervous. I have to say the nurses have been very, very kind. I began to feel less nervous as I went along, as the time passed by. Alright, is there anything that you would want to tell a prospective patient who is about to undergo the same procedure? What would you tell them? Well, the sort of thing I would say is, understandably, you will be nervous, and of course in my own I just fell apart when I found the end result. But otherwise, the acupuncture procedure itself went smoothly. At first I felt there was some pressure. Well, I was told what the procedure was going to be, So as mentioned, I felt a bit of pressure on my right eye. And then as time went by, I kind of felt more relaxed. Waited until the procedure was completed and then I was told the end result, which wasn't all bad. And was there anything that you experienced today that was unexpected for you? Of the actual things that went on with regards to the procedure, it was lovely. I mean, the nurses were very good because I couldn't, when I heard the end result, I went to a spasm, but I just couldn't cope with Thank you.
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