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Surviving a Heart Attack: the Big One!

May 22, 2017 24050 53
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

The Widow Maker Heart Attack

January 28, 2015 287369 337
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

The widowmaker is the quintessential heart attack. And it’s dangerous. Find out why they call this LAD blockage the widow maker, what you can do to limit the risks of such a heart attack, and how widowmaker heart attacks are treated.

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease, Featured Articles Tagged With: Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), Heart failure, stent

Do I Need A Stress Test ? – Why It’s Not That Simple

March 17, 2014 39539 5
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

Stress Test Cartoon

I frequently perform emergency procedures to open up blocked heart arteries. At the end of the case, I’m often asked by the patient “how could this happen, I only just had a normal stress test a few months ago!” They think they have either been mismanaged by their cardiologist, or that the test was read…

Filed Under: Tests & Investigations Tagged With: Echocardiography, Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), heart disease, stent, stress test

How To Survive A Heart Attack

February 22, 2014 16537 6
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

To survive a heart attack you first must understand what is actually happening to the body when a heart attack occurs. What happens in a heart attack? A sudden rupture in an unstable area of a wall in an artery leads to buildup of clot with often-total blockage of the artery. This cuts off the blood…

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Disease, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies Tagged With: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), stent

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