Articles and links on coronary artery disease, its consequences and its treatment. Covers heart attacks, angina, bypass surgery, stents, angioplasty, and other topics related to coronary artery disease.
Cardiac rehabilitation plays a very important role in getting you back to health after a heart attack
Several risk factors, some controllable and some not controllable, increase the risk of heart attack.
Exercise recommendations for people who have congenital coronary artery abnormalities
A patient with newly diagnosed coronary artery disease has many decisions to make about lifestyle choices, surgery, stenting or medical therapy
Acute coronary syndrome - ACS - occurs when a plaque in a coronary artery ruptures, causing a blood clot to form within the artery, and blocking blood flow to the heart muscle.
Preventing acute coronary syndrome - ACS - requires several steps aiming at preventing rupture of a coronary artery plaque and at preventing the formation of blood clots within coronary arteries.
How tests are used to diagnose coronary artery disease
Treating coronary artery disease requires decisions on how to prevent angina and ischemia, on how to prevent acute coronary syndrome, and how to prevent worsening of atherosclerosis
The medical treatment for angina and ischemia include drugs such as nitrates, beta blockers, calcium blockers and Ranexa, as well as non-drug therapy like exercise training and EECP
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) generally refers to atherosclerosis affecting arteries other than the those of the heart and brain.
Learn the definition of claudication.
Atherosclerosis is a chronic, progressive disease in which plaques (consisting of deposits of cholesterol and other lipids, calcium, and large inflammatory cells called macrophages) build up in the walls of the arteries.
Ranexa - ranolazine - is an anti-angina drug that switches cardiac muscle cells from using fatty acids to using glucose for energy production. Because using glucose requires less oxygen, Ranexa reduces the oxygen demand of the heart muscle and reduces the risk of angina.
Calcium channel blockers dilate blood vessels, reduce the force of heart muscle contraction, and slow the heart rate, thus reducing the risk of angina in patients with coronary artery disease.
Beta blockers block the effect of adrenaline on the heart, and reduces the risk of developing angina during periods of stress and exercise.
A stenosis is an abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel.
An artery is a blood vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart, and to the tissues of the body.
Acute coronary syndrome - ACS - is a spectrum of clinical disorders produced by the formation of blood clots within the coronary arteries.
The coronary arteries supply oxygen and nutrients to the heart muscle.
Plaques are deposits in the walls of arteries which consist of fat, cholesterol, calcium, and large cells called macrophages.
of or pertaining to the heart muscle
Atherosclerosis is a disease of the arteries which results in the formation of characteristic plaques in the walls of the arteries. Atherosclerotic plaques consist of deposits of fat, cholesterol, calcium, and large cells called macrophages.
Stable angina occurs when there is a partial blockage in a coronary artery that prevents adequate blood flow to the heart muscle during periods of stress or exercise.
Angina is the name given to the symptoms, usually chest pain or chest discomfort, produced when the heart muscle is not getting enough oxygen.
Our thinking about Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) has changed over the past decade. Instead of focusing on discrete blockages, it is time for doctors and patients to focus on the overall disease process and take steps to halt or reverse it.
common symptoms associated with heart disease
Articles about the treatment of coronary artery disease
Ranolazine appears to be safe in the treatment of angina
The American Heart Association finally recommends coronary artery calcium scores by CT scans for some
Should you have noninvasive screening for CAD?
Multislice CT scans, MSCT scans, are the latest in noninvasive imaging fo the coronary arteries
Clopidogrel (Plavix) was ineffective in stable coronary artery patients.
News from the 2006 ACC Scientific Sessions
coronary artery disease in women is often "atypical"
An overview of coronary artery disease, its diagnosis and treatment
A brief discussion of the relationship between heart attacks and kidney disease.
Ultrasound imaging of heart disease
Why it is important to call EMS if you think you might be having a heart attack
One man's story of changing after a heart attack.
Status of stemm cell therapy for heart attacks
Traveling and heart attacks
Diagnosing microvascular angina
David Letterman's heart disease
Bill Clinton's heart disease
Larry King's heart disease
Drew Carey's Heart Disease
Tim Russert's Heart Disease
