Overview
- Gil Bates began feeling brief chest sensations and occasional jaw pain for about two weeks but went to the emergency room on Monday night after finishing work when symptoms worsened.
- Doctors diagnosed a mild heart attack and stabilized him before performing a four-hour cardiac catheterization to inspect his coronary arteries.
- The team found an about 80 percent blockage in the left anterior descending artery with heavy calcium and a 95 percent blockage in the right coronary artery and treated the lesions with shockwave lithotripsy and stent placement.
- A 24 mm stent was placed in the LAD and a long stent was placed in the RCA, while a third artery showed a 45–50 percent blockage that did not require stenting.
- Bates was discharged to recover at home, will begin cardiac rehabilitation and make diet and medication changes, and his family shared the update on Instagram asking for prayers and thanking medical staff.