Treatment Options for Coronary Artery Disease
Treatment Options for Coronary Artery Disease
Wael Dabaja, DO, Cardiologist at Henry Ford Health System, discusses treatment options for Coronary Artery Disease.
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4.55 -> If you're diagnosed with
coronary artery disease,
6.74 -> there are many available options to
a coronary disease is a very common,
12.44 -> very common element in the United
States. In fact, it is heart disease.
16.22 -> The number one cause of mortality
in the United States, uh,
19.85 -> treatment options include
the noninvasive options, uh,
23.63 -> modifying risk factors, uh,
25.42 -> providing patients with medications
that decrease their blood pressure,
28.94 -> decrease their cholesterol burden,
um, providing patients with, um,
33.5 -> healthy eating, um, eating options,
preventing or stopping smoking.
39.53 -> Um, whereas the second part of our
treatment options are the invasive. Um,
44.15 -> so if God forbid you have a heart
attack and there's complete occlusion,
47.331 -> that's something that we
can go in there and fix.
49.46 -> Or if you have a very advanced, uh,
51.53 -> blockage within one of the arteries of
the heart, we can go in there and put,
55.52 -> you know, either do a balloon
angioplasty or place a stent,
59.96 -> which would keep the vessel from
recoiling or forming new plaque.
64.82 -> And they're placing you on, uh,
67.28 -> on medications and as a cardiologist, um,
71 -> we can work together to figure out what
is the best treatment option for you.
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