I am a 80 yr. old man. 12 yrs. ago I had 4 bi-pass surgery for 12 years I take 20mg. of enaperil and a statin Vytorin. for the past 2 months i been having higher blood pressure and edema in my feet, ankles. & legs. my Kidney check out fine I restict my salt intake and drink plenty of fluids. my dr. want to put me on a diurentics. I wonder if my arteries are clogging up and should I request an angagram from my Dr. Thank you.
From your history it is known that u underwent bypass surgery, I presume that graft from one or both lower limb vein could have been taken, which might be responsible for edema, another possibility is that of edema of dependency if you are not ambulatory, there could be bilateral varicose veins causing this.no need to go for angiogram, however u must get echocardiography and ultrasound abdomen, management will depend on result of investigations.