Richard's update on his procedure

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Hello everyone-
I know my message was a little cryptic yesterday so I wanted to give more
details. When they did Richard's heart catheterization the cardiologist
discovered two blockages a 95% and a 89%. Coronary angioplasty was
performed which is a procedure used to open clogged heart arteries.
Angioplasty involves temporarily inserting and blowing up a tiny balloon
where your artery is clogged to help widen the artery. Richard's was done
through his radial artery(wrist) combined with putting in two permanent
stents(small mesh wire tubes) to help prop the artery open. He was
fortunate that the doctor was able to go in through the wrist instead of
his groin since there is less bleeding and recovery time. The wrist
artery is smaller than the femoral artery(groin). Dr Goldberg and Dr.
Flynn were quite surprised that he had blockages since he didn't really
have any major symptoms.  I was the one that strongly encouraged or made
him:) have the heart cath to rule everything out. Richard(Dick) had been
exhibiting shortness of breath in my opinion, but would continually tell
Dr Rork, his primary doctor, that he didn't.

I will be bringing him home today and he is very relieved and pleased
that he went through all this and that it's over.  He was terribly
anxious to say the least!!  I do not how long his recovery will be but
normally it takes a week to be able to resume normal activity. I don't
know if he knows what normal activity is though :).  

Looking forward to bringing him home today (July 7th) HE WILL BE TOO!!
...since his great love of hospitals.
Warm heartful regards,
Bhavani 

Cardiologists involved:
James M. Flynn, MD, FACC
Dr. Flynn earned his medical degree from the University of Ma
Medical Center. Prior to joining the New England Heart Institute, he was
a Fellow in interventional cardiology at St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester,
MA. Dr. Flynn was also a founding partner of the Nebraska Heart Hospital
and a partner in the Nebraska Heart Institute, one of the largest
cardiology groups in the country. Dr. Flynn is board certified in
Internal Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology and
Cardiovascular Disease. He is a Fellow of the American College of
Cardiology and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions..

David J. Goldberg, MD, FACC
Dr. Goldberg earned his medical degree from Tufts University School of
Medicine in Boston, MA. He completed his residency at Yale-New Haven
Hospital in CT, and his fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at Yale
University School of Medicine, where he completed a fourth year in
interventional cardiology. His areas of particular expertise include
interventional cardiology and nuclear cardiology. Dr. Goldberg is Board
certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, interventional
cardiology and nuclear cardiology. Dr. Goldberg is the Director of the
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Catholic Medical Center. He is a
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Society for
Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.