Angina Treatment in Women
Ask anyone on the street and they will tell you.. There ARE many, many differences between the sexes.
“I think women are smarter.”...
“Men are stubborn.”...
“Women can have babies, men can’t.”...
“Women are quite unpredictable, aren’t they?”
Yes women are not the same as men, even in how they experience heart disease. But the incorrect perception that women aren’t nearly as susceptible to coronary disease as men is killing them, literally.
Dr. Nieca Goldberg is a specialist in women’s heart health. She says, “Last year a sure among physician was done that showed only one in five recognized heart disease as a leading health care issue in women. If women have symptoms of shortness of breath or unexplained fatigue or the pressure isn’t in the center of the chest but lower down, those need to be considered as significant heart symptoms and women need to be referred for appropriate testing.”
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HEART CAT SCANS
Fast heart CAT scans have been a screening test in limbo. The exact role and place for this exam, which is becoming more widely available, hasn’t been well defined, until now.
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It’s the time of year when parents and students are focusing on report cards. But believe it or not, some doctors worry about their report cards all the time. Yes, physicians get report cards on the outcomes of procedures they perform.
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BYPASS VS. STENT STUDY
Tonight we have some important health news that will touch many of us. Coronary artery disease is the most common cause of death in America. Doctors use two main methods of treating the condition: heart bypass surgery and coronary stents.
This study is important because it looks at the treatment of people with so called multi-vessel disease--where more than one heart artery is blocked. And the study shows, in most, if there’s more than one artery blocked, the way to go is with surgery.
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62-year old Howard Fuhr was taken by surprise when he went to see his heart specialist. “I had an abnormal –um—stress test and um the next thing that my cardiologist suggested was having an angiogram and I wasn’t sure if I was ready to go that step,” says Howard.
So, he looked for the most cutting-edge technology he could find… What'’s known as the “64-slice CT scanner. “I sought it out and I consulted with my cardiologist and we both agreed that this would be the way to go at this time,” states Howard.
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Stent Angioplasty
Stent angioplasty was first performed in the mid-1980s and was approved by the FDA in the mid-1990s. It is now widely used in the treatment of coronary artery disease. This procedure is done under local anesthetic and the heart does not need to be stopped.
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Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiac Catheterization is a specialized heart test used to visualize the blood vessels around the heart and measure the pumping function of the chambers of the heart.
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Balloon Angioplasty
Balloon Angioplasty
Balloon Angioplasty is an interventional cardiology procedure that is used to open a partially blocked coronary artery. The procedure is done on the local anesthetic.
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AHA: COFFEE, DEPRESSION, AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK
The cholesterol-lowering drug lipitor slowed down mental decline and improved depressive symptoms in people with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a small study reported at the American Heart Association’s annual meeting.
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