Coronary Artery Anatomy
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October 02, 2008
Expert & Community Posts
Blood Pressure Should Be Lower than Before
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health ExpertNew blood pressure guidelines were published in May of 2007 by the American Heart Association... Read more »
Heart Attack: Why People have Them and Why Doctor's Can't always Predict who Will
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...be. We also may know that you have plaque in your coronary arteries, but we can't tell when the... Read more »
Blocked Arteries and Low Cholesterol: Now What?
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...causes damage the heart muscle rather than to the coronary arteries. Cocaine use, due to its... Read more »
Keeping Your Heart Beating Healthily
By Heather Reese , Health ExpertFive million Americans suffer from heart failure, a condition in which the heart can’t pump... Read more »
“Stent Wars": Everything You Need to Know About Stents
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...instruments. In the early days of intervention on coronary arteries, we used balloons to open... Read more »
Health Guide
Minimally invasive heart surgery
Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass; MIDCAB; Off-pump coronary artery bypass; OPCAB; Beating heart surgery; Robot assisted coronary artery bypass; RACAB;... Read more »Heart bypass surgery
Bypass surgery - heart; CABG; Coronary artery bypass graft Read more »Bypass Surgery Patient Guide: Heart Bypass Information
...problem, your doctor will likely want you to undergo an angiogram (cardiac catheterization) to see if your coronary arteries are blocked by plaque. A blockage can cause a decrease in the supply of... Read more »Angioplasty
Balloon angioplasty; Coronary angioplasty; Coronary artery angioplasty; Cardiac angioplasty; PTCA; Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; Heart artery... Read more »Acute
Acute means sudden or severe. Acute symptoms appear, change, or worsen rapidly. It is the opposite of chronic. Information Read more »Images
Medications
Isosorbide mononitrate is used to prevent chest pain (angina) in patients with a certain heart... Read more »
Isosorbide dinitrate is used to prevent chest pain (angina) in patients with a certain heart... Read more »
This medication is used before physical activities (such as exercise, sexual activity) to prevent... Read more »
Nadolol is used alone or with other medications to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) and to... Read more »
This medication is a beta blocker used to treat high blood pressure, irregular heartbeats, shaking... Read more »
Related News
What Links Coronary Artery Disease and Depression?
August 18, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) A new study examines how major depression and coronary artery disease interact over time. "While an association between major... Read summary »
Seeing Arteries in 3D
November 26, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New technology is giving doctors a dramatic look into patients' coronary arteries. Using a new optical imaging technique called... Read summary »
B Vitamins Dont Help Heart Patients
August 21, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Taking B vitamins and folic acid may not do much to help patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Previous research has... Read summary »
Depression and Artery Disease
February 12, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- When someone has the blues, missing out on the enjoyment of life isn't the only negative. Depression can also harden arteries.... Read summary »
Heart Attack Warning for Pregnant Women
July 17, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) Young pregnant women having heart attacks may be rare but it's not impossible, especially for those already in high-risk... Read summary »
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