Cath Results

First, I have to say that I was amazed at the cath pictures. Basically it looked like a continuous x-ray taken at many angles. The Dr./tech would squirt little bits of dye into the heart and then watch where it would go. Similar to if you were to look to the smoke of a campfire to determine which way the wind was blowing (assuming that the wind was blowing one direction - maybe that was not the greatest analogy).

So what did they find? Well it turns out that one of the coronaries has a bit of a reduction in its diameter as it comes off the heart and makes roughly a 90 degree turn. One doctor estimated that it may be reducing the blood flow by at most 50%.
The thing is, with the information we have now, we do not know that this reduction in blood flow is the cause of her decreased left ventricle function.

So what is going to happen? We do not know. There are several tests that they could try in order to pin down if this is the cause or not. The problem is, even if it is, there may not really be anything they can do about it. The location of the reduction in the coronary is in a spot that rules out putting in a stint, and it is unlikely that they would want to open her back up to try and fix this.

We will be exploring our options in the coming weeks.

-Chip