(Trinidad Express) The overnight medical tests done on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley at the West Shore Private Hospital has led doctors to order a coronary angiogram.
An angiogram can help diagnose a stroke, aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation, tumor, clots, and arterial stenosis.
A coronary angiogram is a procedure that uses X-ray imaging to see the heart’s blood vessels, to determine if there’s a restriction in blood flow going to the heart.
Based on what is found, there may be an immediate medical intervention in the form of an angioplasty procedure.
It involves inserting a short wire-mesh tube, called a stent, into the affected artery or arteries. The stent is left in place permanently to allow blood to flow more freely.
The Prime Minister was brought into the hospital by his security detail at around 5p.m Friday after experiencing “discomfort”, according to a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister.
Tests were ordered and he was kept for observation overnight.
At 4.p.m. yesterday, the Office of the Prime Minister issued the following statement:
Update on the Prime Minister’s Medical Care
The Office of the Prime Minister is pleased to advise that the Honourable Prime Minister is resting comfortably and under the care of his doctors and medical team.
The Prime Minister underwent an angiogram and a subsequent angioplasty which went well.
In accordance with normal medical procedure the Prime Minister will be kept for further observation overnight.
We thank all well-wishers for their prayers and messages.
We look forward to the Prime Minister being discharged and will continue to provide updates on his well-being.
An angiogram is a diagnostic test that uses x-rays to take pictures of your blood vessels. A long flexible catheter is inserted through the blood stream to deliver dye into the arteries making them visible on the x-ray.
