Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) is the most common procedure for heart blockage in India and has an almost 100% success rate in good hospitals. Before going for CABG, It is mandatory to confirm how many arteries are blocked by Angiography (CAG.
The most common causes of heart problems:
Autoimmune diseases such as lupus which reaches a child from his/her mother’s umbilical cord or heart didn’t develop correctly in the womb.
- During any type of previous surgery, can be a cause for cardiac defects, as sometimes the electrical system of the heart didn’t work properly.
- Arteries are damaged by a previous heart attack which can be caused by spasms of a coronary artery. Due to spasms in coronary arteries blood circulation restricted its function to supply blood to the heart.
- Changes in your genes can also cause arterial blockage.
- Cardiac disease like heart failure or arterial plaque or infection of heart muscles. Heart failure usually happens due to cardiomyopathy or coronary artery disease.
- High blood pressure and high cholesterol also damage the heart arteries.
- Muscular disorders and other diseases.
- Side effects of some medication.
NOTE: We would like to add here that a right-side arterial block is usually not a serious problem and medical management will be a good choice, but an arterial blockage on the left side needs urgent care and intended follow-up to avoid a higher risk of coronary artery disease, or some other heart problem.
