2024年12月27日 · Treatment for coronary heart disease depends on how serious your symptoms are and any other health conditions you have. Symptoms are likely to worsen as plaque builds up in the coronary arteries. If your healthcare provider diagnoses you with coronary heart disease, treatment may include heart-healthy lifestyle changes, medicines, or procedures ...

Inflammation can exacerbate risks for cardiovascular disease — and is informing new approaches for treatment. Like a fire alarm sending signals to evacuate a smoky building, the immune system has internal guards to help the body sense and respond to danger.

The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT) was a large study that enrolled people with high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol, two major risk factors for heart disease. The trial had two parts: a blood pressure study and a …

2024年10月28日 · Transmyocardial laser revascularization or coronary endarterectomy treats severe angina associated with coronary heart disease when other treatments are too risky or do not work. Carotid endarterectomy treats carotid artery disease. Other treatment options for this disease may include angioplasty and carotid artery stenting.

2023年12月21日 · Researchers from the Cardiovascular Branch of the Division of Intramural Research work on understanding the causes and risk factors of cardiovascular diseases and improving diagnostic and treatment options. Specific projects aim to answer clinically relevant questions, using methods ranging from molecular-level studies to clinical projects in ...

2022年3月24日 · The surgeon attaches a healthy piece of blood vessel from another part of the body on either side of a coronary artery blockage to bypass it. This surgery may lower the risk of serious complications for people who have obstructive coronary artery disease, which can cause chest pain or even heart failure.

Treatment. First human use. Transcaval access for transcatheter aortic valve replacement TAVR. July 2013 (Dr Adam B. Greenbaum, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit) Intentional right atrial exit to access the otherwise empty pericardial space. June 2014 (Dr Adam B. Greenbaum, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit) Transcatheter mitral valve cerclage annuloplasty

2024年12月27日 · Heart disease is the main cause of pregnancy-related deaths in the United States. Complications are more common in pregnant women who are age 35 or older, or who have health conditions that are risk factors for coronary heart disease. Pregnancy in people who already have coronary heart disease is risky.

2024年4月30日 · “This discovery opens up a whole new dimension for our understanding about therapeutic strategies for the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis,” said Ahmed Hasan, M.D., Ph.D., program director in the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of NIH.

2024年2月14日 · The mission of the Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc. (ABC) is to promote the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, including stroke, in Blacks and other minorities and to achieve health equity for all through the elimination of disparities. ABC is dedicated to ensuring exemplary health care is accessible and affordable to ...