Close-up: Emergency intervention for coronary artery occlusion for smokers

According to the doctor's appointment, Mr. Ho Van Ba ​​came for a follow-up visit after 1 month of discharge from the hospital, which was the hospital stay that Mr. Ba was most worried about so far. It is known that Mr. Ho Van Ba ​​has no family factors, no history of hypertension, as well as blood fat or diabetes.

However, he smokes, this is a risk factor for coronary heart disease, but fortunately, Mr. Ba quickly went to the hospital in time for reasonable treatment of coronary artery occlusion, not only escaped. from danger but can also return to normal activities and work.
Symptoms of coronary heart disease that the patient encounters is shortness of breath, initially mild symptoms, later on, the difficulty of breathing increases, when breathing deeply, sweat is released. Mr. Ba was taken to the emergency room by his family at Vinmec International General Hospital. The doctor conducted an electrocardiogram and found a picture of a lower wall myocardial infarction and elevated heart enzymes. Through consultation, emergency department doctors and team decided to perform emergency coronary intervention for patient Ba.
When angiography, the doctor found that the patient had a complete coronary artery occlusion, which is a typical lesion of a lower wall myocardial infarction, the doctor placed a stent in the right coronary artery.
After the intervention of coronary artery occlusion, the patient feels less shortness of breath, combined with walking, taking medicine to support effective treatment of the disease.
In short, coronary heart disease can cause patients to experience symptoms such as: angina due to reduced blood flow to the heart, difficulty breathing... More dangerous, if one or more coronary artery branches are blocked. Complete coronary artery disease (due to plaque detachment or blood clot formation inside the vessel lumen) will cause myocardial infarction, which can lead to heart failure, cardiogenic shock, arrhythmia, even dead. Therefore, in addition to excluding preventable risk factors such as history, smoking, etc., patients also need regular health check-ups to prevent dangerous complications.