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Heart Artery Cleaning?
My dad said he is getting a procedure done where they make an incision around the pubic area and run something up his artery to his heart to clean it or someting. What does that mean and is it dangerous??
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I don't know for sure, but sounds like a cardiac catheterization of some sort. It cleans the crud
out of the arteries.
From what I have read on it risks are rare. There are always risks with surgerys of any kind, but this is one doctors do often and so they consider it low risk.
Try not to worry so much. After he has the procedure he will feel much better & will be
less likely to have a heart attack. Thats important!
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