AngioPlasty (?)

[Freddie]

Excuse the spelling error. But what is an angioplasty? What would be the cause of such a operation?
If untreated could it cause an uncontrolled nose bleed, maybe even the kidneys to fail?

 

[Bina]

I believe it is used when a cardiac artery is blocked....with a catheter, a small balloon is inserted into the artery to force open the restricted section.

 

[Freddie]

What about the rest of my questions eh?

 

[Bina]

I guess it depends which artery is blocked.......the nose artery, or the kidney artery.....really, I don't know. Sorry.

 

[pnwcoast]

Angioplasty is a procedure to open blocked arteries. I can't see how it would cause a nose bleed except for if a TEE was done during the angioplasty. I don't believe a TEE is done for an angioplasty though.
I guess I can't help much.

 

[Freddie]

As I've been told; a person that I know had a nose bleed that he could not stop. Drove himself to the ER and ended up having an angioplasty and his kidneys have failed. I thought maybe the kidneys had failed due to the procedure.

 

[pnwcoast]

Sounds to me like arthererosclerosis needing angioplasty to bandaid and high blood pressure related kidney and other vascular symptoms.

 

[zipper2]

Sounds to me like arthererosclerosis needing angioplasty to bandaid and high blood pressure related kidney and other vascular symptoms.

They widen a blood vessel while ballon angioplasty but i'm almost

positive there are different types and proceedures for each kind

and almost certain there are many different angioplastys for different

reasons. Goes to show you's i never went in to be a Dr of anykind

Thank goodness i wouldn't wanna be one either.....Too busy lifestyle

to be a Dr.

zipper2 (DEB)

 

[Dawn-Marie]

I'm not sure exactly what an angioplasty is for but i know they blow up a balloon similar to what i had done in my valve, which was called a valvuloplasty, where they opened 3 balloons trying to open my bicuspid aortic valve. I know that with the valvuloplasty they said they had to use a dye to track the catheter with the balloon going through my artery, and that the dye is very hard on a person's kidneys. They made me drink this really bad tasting liquid medicine for 3 days to get the dye out of my body as fast as possible before it damaged my kidneys. I would think they would have to track the catheter with the same type of dye for an angioplasty since they said it is a very similar procedure, so it could affect the kidneys. I know they told me that with some people it wrecks their kidneys to the point they have to be on dialysis afterwards. I'm not sure about it causing a nosebleed though.

 

[Jkm7]

I think it's the same dye used when we have our angiograms. The nurses cautioned me to drink lots of water after it to flush the dye out of my system as it can damage the kidneys.

Angioplasty can be done to legs in the case of PAD. A friend of ours had stent put in one of his legs due to a blockage in an artery. He also has had CABG so seems to form blockages. His surgery (both) was very successful and no ill effects.

 

[pamela]

Like rhinoplasty reshapes the nose and valvuloplasty reshapes the valves then it reasons that angioplasty would be reshaping blood vessels. Dawn-Marie's reasoning about the dye sounds the most sensible wrt the kidney problem. Was your friend given an anticoagulant or an antiplatlet drug that could have caused a hypertensive nose bleed to have difficulties clotting and stopping?

Sorry I can't say for sure. Did your friend ask the doctors caring for him about his problems? They would have the most information with the most accuracy in the facts.

Take Heart,
Pamela.

 

[Freddie]

I think it's the same dye used when we have our angiograms. The nurses cautioned me to drink lots of water after it to flush the dye out of my system as it can damage the kidneys.

Thanks for the input friends.
One special note from the above quote, I was never given any cautions before my angiogram nor was I told about drinking mega water to remove the dye from my system. I wonder if I could experience any kidney failure in the future?

In regards of the subject in question, its been said to me that he abused alcohol and drugs; and his kidneys were failing for about 3 weeks before this nose bleed.
Its all starting to make some sence now, except for the nose bleed

Pamela; not sure what "prescription" drugs he is on.

 

[Jkm7]

No reason to worry, Freddie. Your angio was long ago and if you have suffered no consequence by now, it isn't likely you will.

I don't think many people ever have a problem from it but it is another one of the 'many' cautions about which they need to advise. As I recall, it was a pretty long list but what choice do we have? Of course, we have to agree. We have to have the test done.

 

[Eva]

Freddie,

If you still want to know more details, here are two links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angioplasty

http://www.angioplasty.org/