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Surviving a Heart Attack: the Big One!

May 22, 2017 12249 42
Alain Bouchard, MD

The widow maker heart attack, also known as "the big one",  is an acute occlusion of the left anterior descending (LAD) artery that can lead to severe heart muscle damage and/or death.  If not treated in a timely matter, surviving a heart attack of this magnitude is very difficult. While visiting Austin, Texas, my wife and I…

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Disease Tagged With: angiogram, arteriogram, cath, catheterization, coronary artery disease, heart attack, heart disease, Heart failure, LAD, left anterior descending artery, left ventricle, stem cells, stent, widow maker, widowmaker

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