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What is plaque prolpase within a coronary artery ?
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Dr. Sangareddi V.
Coronary stents have revolutionised the management of CAD. Stents are metallic scaffolding devices that help keep the atherosclerotic plaque plastered within the coronary arterial wall.Thus it gained the name angioplasty. Stents have aradial strength that exerts a constant force on the plaque . Since metals are unfriendly partners for coronary a ...
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With all the new breakthroughs i ...
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Medical Quack
With all the new breakthroughs in cardiology with the removal of plaque, soon this could be a worry of the past. The product won’t be on the market until later this year. The process of “roto-rootering” plaque is making some huge leaps and bounds today to clear arteries and bring arterial related plaque disease to a slow down af ...
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A dirty little secret
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Dr. William D.
... he proximal left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD), followed by laser angioplasty of the mid-LAD, followed by intracoronary ultrasound of the vessel. Next, rotational atherectomy of the circumflex, followed by stent and ultrasound. Total charges for this 2-3 hour procedure? Somewhere around $8000 to the cardiologist. Of course, hospital cha ...
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Roto Rooter for plaque
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Dr. William D.
Joe, a machinist, was frightened and frustrated. With a heart scan score of 1644 at age 61, his eyes bulged when I advised him that, if preventive efforts weren't instituted right away, his risk for heart attack was a high as 25% per year. Joe had "passed" a stress test, thus suggesting that, while coronary plaque was present--oodles of it, in fac ...
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Can procedures alone keep you alive?
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Dr. William D.
My days in the hospital remind me of what heart disease can be like when no preventive efforts are taken--what it used to be like even with my patients before taking a vigorous approach to prevention (though over 12 years ago). Several cardiologists in my hospital, for instance, express skepticism that heart disease prevention works at all. Yes, t ...
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