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| Angina |
Angina (angina pectoris) is a type of temporary chest pain, pressure or discomfort. In one type of angina, called stable angina, the attacks happen only when the heart needs extra oxygen, like when a person climbs a long flight of stairs or jogs across the street. In another type of angina... |
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| Coronary Artery Disease |
| Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a chronic disease in which the coronary arteries are hardened and narrowed (atherosclerosis). The coronary arteries carry oxygen-rich blood to the heart. When they are diseased, the heart is at risk of not receiving the oxygen-rich blood... |
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| Heart Attack |
| A heart attack is an event that results in permanent heart damage or death. It is also known as a myocardial infarction, because part of the heart muscle (myocardium) may literally die (infarction). A heart attack occurs when one of the coronary arteries becomes severely or totally blocked... |
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| Valvular Heart Disease |
| Valvular heart disease is the name given to any dysfunction or abnormality of one or more of the heart’s four valves, including the mitral valve and aortic valve on the left side, and the tricuspid valve and pulmonic valve on the right side. In a normally functioning heart, the four valves (flaps made of tissue) keep... |
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| Procedures |
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| Cardiac Catherization / Angiography |
| A cardiac catheterization is a minimally invasive test that offers clear, accurate information about the heart, the coronary arteries located on the surface of the heart and (depending on whether another test is done) the aorta. The development of cardiac catheterization was very important in the field... |
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| Balloon Angioplasty |
| Balloon angioplasty is one of three standard treatments for coronary artery disease (CAD) — a disease in which the blood flow to the heart and the body is restricted due to hardened arteries (atherosclerosis). The other standard treatments for CAD are medication and bypass surgery. The goal of balloon... |
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| Rotablator |
| Coronary atherectomy is one of several catheter-based procedures used to treat coronary artery disease (CAD) — a chronic disease in which there is a “hardening” (atherosclerosis) of the coronary arteries. In this procedure, the physician cuts away some of the fatty plaque that has built up... |
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| Stenting |
| First performed in the mid-1980s, and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1994, stenting is a catheter-based procedure in which a small, expandable wire mesh tube (stent) is inserted into a diseased artery, serving as a scaffold to hold it open. Currently, stenting is performed most... |
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