Below you'll find a list of all posts from July 31, 2015
To view blood flow through your heart, your doctor may inject a special dye into your arteries (intravenously). This is known as an angiogram. The dye is injected into the arteries of the heart through a long, thin, flexible tube (catheter) that is threaded through an artery, usually in the leg, to the arteries in the heart. This procedure is …
Risks and benefits of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) If you have heart disease and want help deciding what treatment is best for you, check this out (you will need to have information about your coronary arteries and heart condition): https://www.cardiachealth.org/app/ As a rule, these days patients are only referred by their cardiologists for CABG if a PCI has failed …
The following major risk factors for cardiovascular disease can be improved and should be considered in all adults: The presence of multiple risk factors increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. In the Framingham study, those with five risk factors or more had a 10 year risk of a first CAD event of 25-30%. Cumulative Risk of Cardio Vascular Diseases at …
Important Information About the Risk Calculation The risk results shown in this program are estimates. The results show your current potential risks & benefits of this treatment option. However, this result is not an actual prediction. It will only give you a general idea of your future risk with this option. Your actual risks may or may not be the …
Why this website? Cardiac Assessment was created to enable you to take charge and make informed decisions about your own heart care. These are the facts: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) caused 425,425 deaths in 2006 and is the single leading cause of death in America today. Despite ample supply of information about CAD on the Internet, it is frequently difficult …
With the passage of this new Health Care Reform Bill, do you think that the pros outnumber the cons? Obama explained in its signing ceremony at the White House that “this legislation is not going to repair every thing that ails our health care system, but it moves us decisively in the proper course. Will this $940 billion new Health …
Ivabradine, a “sinus node inhibitor”, is now marketed in 27 European countries for the symptomatic treatment of chronic stable angina pectoris in patients with normal sinus rhythm who have a contraindication or intolerance to beta-blockers.Ivabradine is at pure heart rate-lowering agent. Ivabradine works selectivily on the sinus node and has no effect on intracardiac conduction, myocardial contractility or ventricular repolarization. …
An inquiry about Coronary Artery Disease in Firefighters prompted me to dig up this lecture from 1999 and update it with some recent information, only to find not much has changed! Other comments have since resulted in another Blog. With exception of Firefighters who died on 9/11 at the World Trade Center in New York City, about 100 die in …
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a noninvasive medical test that helps physicians diagnose and treat medical conditions. Figure A shows the heart’s position in the body and the location and angle of the MRI images shown in figure C. Figure B is a MRI angiogram, which is sometimes used instead of a standard angiogram. Figure C shows MRI pictures of …
Prinzmetal’s angina is a form of chest pain, pressure, or tightness (angina) caused by spasms in the arteries that supply blood to the heart. It is a form of unstable angina, meaning that it occurs at rest, often without a predictable pattern. This is in contrast to stable angina, in which chest pain occurs in a predictable pattern during exertion …