Comment by budman1

There is a heart surgeon on YouTube / TikTok that has a couple of videos on this topic.

He says, without symptoms, never get a stent. Never get a bypass unless you have chest pains, shortness of breath, or other symptoms.

Lot of people have plugged up heart arteries. If it does not impact them, don't mess with them.

My story: 61 years old. excessive fatigue. echo cardiogram, no-exercise showed no issues. CT scan looked like a christmas tree. Heart Catheterization was unable to get into the vessels for stenting. Triple CABG a few days later.

The CT scan was easy, cheap (my insurance covered it), and fast. And it put me on path to get my heart fixed.