The Left Anterior Descending (LAD) is one of the most important in you body and your heart! Understand how this amazing heart valve works, how to lookout for blockages – like the dreaded Widowmaker – and make sense of the LAD with images and captions created by Dr. Mustafa Ahmed.
Heart Blockage – Explained With Pictures!
Heart blockage is a term commonly used by patients referring to coronary artery disease, a build up of plaque causing narrowing of the arteries that supply the heart muscle with blood. This heart blockage, if severe enough can prevent the muscle getting the blood it needs to function, especially at times when more blood flow…
Did That Stent Save My Life?
Pretty much everyone knows someone who has had a stent placed in his or her heart. The story told by the patient with the stents is classic. The chest pains had been coming and going for a while, but they had been passed off as indigestion or muscle pain. Tests were done, and showed that…
