CTO of AV circumflex

[Bergid65]

I had CABG just over a year ago. Continued to have same symptoms as before after discharge from hospital. Angiography revealed that CABG had failed. MRI revealed CTO of AV circumflex. Now been referred to interventionist to “risk assess” procedure. This I take to mean they will likely go nothing. Anyone else had anything like this and if so what was the outcome? Many thanks.

[Happyrosie]

no-one has replied to you and there are many helpful posters on here, so it looks as if there’s no general knowledge of this around. Certainly I’ve never heard of this expression.

But regardless, you are an individual and I don’t know if anybody else would have the same medical and family history, age, height/weight, diet and lifestyle for you to compare notes.

Maybe a call to the BHF helpline? Call 0808 802 1234 open weekdays 9am to 5pm

[Suebedoo]

I may be wrong but I thought an interventionist performs angioplasty procedures or similar. That to me would mean that they are looking at why the cabg failed and the best way to help - such as a stent

[Bergid65 in reply to Suebedoo]

Yes they performed the procedure which identified the problem. But stents were never an option before surgery.

[Sljp0000]

Yes me. I had a CABG x3 in Sept 22. Straight away I got angina symptoms and all my gradts had failed. This led to 4 stents in my native arteries 4 months later. By that time my LAD was fully blocked but the Cardiologist managed it. They have no idea why my grafts blocked straight away. Originally I was told I couldn't have stents. I'm pretty upset now that I didn't press for them. If the stents fail there's probably no way forward.

Hope you get stents soon.

Best wishes.

Susie

[Bergid65 in reply to Sljp0000]

Thank you that’s helpful and I hope a little reassuring. Good luck David.