Wear the Gown: Preventing Coronary Artery Disease
Wear the Gown: Preventing Coronary Artery Disease
https://www.universityhealth.com/serv… Dr. Marlene Garcia talks about what coronary artery disease is and ways prevent it.
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4.697 -> News reader: Coronary artery disease is the most common type of heart disease in the U.S.
9.835 -> In tonight's wear The gown, Jeremy Baker explains how to reduce your risk.
15.339 -> Jeremy Baker: For some people, a heart attack is the first sign of coronary artery disease.
20.103 -> Plaque buildup in the arteries is how the disease progresses preventing blood flow to the heart.
25.377 -> Dr. Marlene Garcia: Plaque is cholesterol buildup in the arteries of your heart
29.719 -> and that cholesterol buildup can lead to narrowings that cause chest pain, heart failure or even heart attacks.
36.859 -> Jeremy Baker: Dr. Marlene Garcia is an interventional cardiologist with University Health
41.348 -> and UT Health, San Antonio.
43.466 -> She says prevention is key.
45.573 -> Dr. Marlene Garcia: We would also recommend things like becoming more physically active,
48.964 -> so basically things that will help minimize from that plaque becoming a heart attack,
53.458 -> or getting worse over time.
54.987 -> Jeremy Baker: That includes controlling high blood pressure, avoiding or controlling diabetes,
59.35 -> avoiding high cholesterol, and recognizing a family history for the disease.
64.465 -> There's also a brand new test where you can see how much plaque
67.523 -> you may have in your arteries, it's called a
cardiac CT.
71.199 -> Dr. Marlene Garcia: You're able to see even small amounts of plaque in your artery,
75.139 -> fifteen, twenty percent amount of plaque that then you can then come up with a plan
79.346 -> with your doctor to try to prevent that from getting worse, or to try to stabilize that, so it doesn't lead to a heart attack.
85.355 -> The plaque is bright spots and these are
just multiple, uh images, so they rotate the image
91.603 -> one-eighty to sixty degrees to get different angles of the plaque.
95.242 -> Jeremy Baker: Dr. Garcia says based on what the scan shows,
98.11 -> it is possible to stop the plaque buildup or even reduce it with medication avoiding surgery,
103.833 -> but make sure to check with your insurance company to see if they cover the test.
107.353 -> Jeremy Baker, KENS5.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNyMxfojLCo