We just went to Tampa general for my dads first meeting with the transplant team... It was devastating my dad never went to dr s when he was growing up and even older finally about 5-10 years ago he did and that s when they discovered kidney disease ....now the dr today tells us he may have a heart condition as well, the dr wants us to have a heart catheter with the dye injected in to see if there is blockage, but this could kill what s left of his function, if we have this done and they do find blockage would they refuse to transplant him?
Hi, As kidneys are already damaged and requiring replacement in the form of transplant, it is unlikely that there will be further damage due to contrast agent used during Coronary angiogram (CAG). He can definitely go for CAG and in fact, once he is cleared from cardiac point of law, then only you should go for transplant as there will be difficulties if he needs any such procedure later during post transplant period