Waiting Times

[MB1969]

I have been told today that I need a stent fitted and I wondered usually how long it will be approx until it is done. My cardiology department are playing catch up at present so I suspect it could be a while!

[Kristin1812 Heart Star]

The wait should depend on urgency. More urgent should be taken first. These are strange times. In the past, I have found it helped to tell them you can come in any time (if you can!), if they get a late cancellation. That worked once in our small DGH, with only one cath-lab. Didn’t work in the much larger Cardiac Centre I go to now.

[Qualipop]

After a heart attack and two stents fitted immediately I waited a month for a second angiogram. However that was before C and the present delays. Phone and ask and say you can go on the cancellation list. Itwill probably depend on how urgent it is.

[rizal]

It really depends on so many factors. I had my first angioplasty in February 2021, on the morning of my heart attack. I was told then that I would need more stents but they wanted to do more tests beforehand and also needed things to settle a bit after the HA, that it would probably be 5 months wait. This was through the height of covid, of course. The 5 months were spent going back to the hospital having all sorts of things done, testing checking etc. Then 5 months later, almost to the day, I was taken in and stented.

It's not always a question of them being busy or having a backlog, sometimes they need to let things settle and to then check out what is the best to do

[ChoochSiesta]

My wait was about 2 weeks (Oct. 2021) but it was a cancellation at a days notice. Keep your phone handy.