Below you'll find a list of all posts from 2015
For some time now I have been a volunteer physician at the Portland Community Free Clinic (part of the India Street Public Health Center of Portland, Maine), where low-income residents in the area receive free medical care. When you visit CardiacHealth to get a question answered, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to the Friends of the PCFC. The FPCFC …
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The medical literature and my own experience support this course of action if a procedure becomes necessary for the treatment of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD): In stable patients, optimal medical therapy should be the initial treatment of choice; If you have only one or two blockages (unless it includes a “Left Main Lesion”) and a good heart function , a Stent …
No present treatment can cure Coronary Artery Disease! They include the following types of medications, that: Thin your blood, Slow your heart down, so that less demand matches limited blood supply, Relax (dilate) your arteries so that more blood can pass through a wider pathway, Lower your blood pressure so that the heart has to work less, Modify your cholesterol …
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 …
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The medical literature and my own experience support this course of action in symptomatic patients with known coronary artery disease: If you have only one or two blockages (unless it includes a “Left Main Lesion”) and a good heart function , a Stent is usually the best option; If you have three or more blockages, a “Left Main”, damage to …
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Simvastatin (Zocor), atorvastatin (Lipitor), pravastatin (Pravachol), cerivastatin (Baycol) and lovastatin (Mevacor) are all statins. Statins reduce cholesterol, and some of them have been shown to reduce the progression of heart attacks, strokes and death. Treatment usually is continued indefinitely. If Statin therapy is stopped, cholesterol levels will return to pretreatment levels. Side effects Prevention and management Treatment of cramps Diet …