Heart stent & shooting rifles/shotguns??

[aryfrosty]

Heart stents and shooting.

Pacer;
That's the best answer I have seen yet. Thank you for it. Hope you have many years of walking and shooting ahead of you.

 

[BusMaster007]

Mitral Valve Prolapse is my diagnosis. ( something one is born with ).
Symptoms have progressed quickly within the last year after being diagnosed.

I'm going in for the angiogram TODAY...

Then we'll know exactly what is needed for open heart surgery within the next few days.

I intend to check back with you!

 

[xd9fan]

I'm guessing that is the length of time for them to set.

This is the right anwser. It takes about 90days for the stent to "settle in" after that MRI's and anything else is just fine.

(I'm a Cardiac ICU nurse) A bunch of us at work yesterday where asking the head doc of our big Cardiology group this very question!! We were also thinking that the stents had to be made of a special alloy to be MRI safe. He said no they are stainless steel with a ploymer coating and over that a anti-clot drug coating.

hope this helps. Have fun shooting.

 

[Steel Talon]

Hello Bushmaster007

Hope all turns out well for you!

Peace,
Steel Talon

 

[91Bravo]

Father Knows Best

If possible, can you say who you're with now? Just curious, been doing IR for five years (lots of Cordis peripheral stents), just started EP in our hospital last October. Recently went up to a Medtronic training session in Minneapolis, some pretty good training on ICD systems through them, although we use Guidant for our current pacers and ICDs with the doc we have in our area (North Iowa).

 

[10X]

Stents & Shooting

I had two stents put in the right artery 2 1/2 years ago. I was 90% blocked and on the verge of a major heart attack. It takes a minimum of six weeks for the body to heal and hold the stent with assurance and three months is not too long to wait.

After three months I could shoot anything I wanted, but the blood thinner (Plavix) caused major, major bruising.

I exercised more and went on a more low fat diet and reduced BP and cholesterol to minimum levels in six months. When the heart doctor took me off of Plavix, I was happy and not bruising. I shot anything I wanted as long as I wanted.

One word of warning, after eight months I had to go back in to have a stent reopened by angio(sp?). Scarring closed one stent to about 70% blockage. Four days laters I was back at the range.

Give it the three months, take the meds, exercise and watch your diet. You have a second chance at life. Enjoy!

 

[Gary G23]

Don't know about a stent but when my dad had triple bypass the surgeon told him nothing but a BB gun for one year.