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Coronary Artery Disease

Coronary artery disease is the most common type of heart disease and is the leading cause of death in the United States.  It is caused by a buildup of plaque inside the coronary arteries.

Robotic Assisted PCI Heart Stent Placement – Explained By A Cardiologist

August 23, 2017 4324 18
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

What is Robotic Assisted PCI Heart Stent Placement? Robotic Assisted PCI Heart Stent placement is commonly known as robotic PCI. PCI stands for percutaneous coronary intervention that basically means fixing blockages in heart arteries without the need for open surgery using small tubes known as catheters inserted through the blood vessels. Robotic assisted PCI is…

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Disease

Stem cells in the treatment of a heart attack: a Non-STEMI

June 14, 2017 19329 49
Alain Bouchard, MD

    What is the role of stem cell treatment of a heart attack: non-STEMI? Non-STEMI or Non-ST elevation Myocardial Infarction is the dominant presentation of acute coronary syndrome.  This occurs when the blood supplied to the heart muscle is suddenly blocked. Other presentations include unstable angina and STEMI or ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Patients presenting…

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease, Featured Articles, Heart Disease

Surviving a Heart Attack: the Big One!

May 22, 2017 18957 48
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

Cholesterol treatment and atherosclerosis: a new frontier

May 15, 2017 12844 42
Alain Bouchard, MD

The problem with cholesterol treament and atherosclerosis: Over the last decade, cholesterol treatment and atherosclerosis has evolved significantly. Atherosclerosis is a general term for hardening and thickening of the arteries. In its most common form, atherosclerosis is a slow progressive disease that usually starts in early adulthood and becomes dangerous later in life. Atherosclerosis is a…

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Disease, Heart Health, Risk & Prevention, Uncategorized

CT Coronary Artery Calcium Heart Scan – The Facts

February 5, 2017 69180 23
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

What is a CT Coronary Artery Calcium Heart Scan? The coronary artery calcium heart scan is a CT scan of the heart that looks for areas of calcium in the arteries that supply the heart with blood. The amount of calcium detected is then added together to give a score. The more calcium there is,…

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Look Inside The Heart Arteries

February 3, 2017 7270 10
Brad Richardson

Hollywood dreams of the future often involve medicine and how we will “look inside” the human body. Modern medicine continues to evolve and we are growing closer to realizing this dream. Most of our tools that allow us to “look inside” the body give us a relatively large area that is imaged, and the equipment…

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Can Heart Disease Be Reversed?

February 1, 2017 56113 27
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

Reversing Heart Disease Reversing heart disease is a holy grail of cardiology. It’s scary when you are told that you have a blockage in your arteries causing symptoms and are at increased risk of a heart attack. It’s even scarier when you are told you may need open-heart surgery or other procedures such as stents…

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The New Disappearing Absorb Heart Stent

January 14, 2017 21560 20
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

This article is about the Absorb Heart Stent, a new dissolving stent known as a Bio-absorbable Scaffold. Unlike traditional heart stents that remain for life, the Absorb heart stent dissolves over time to where it completely disappears. This has many advantages. In this article myheart.net author, and cardiologist Mustafa Ahmed MD of Princeton Baptist Medical…

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Heart Bypass Surgery Explained In Incredible Pictures

October 20, 2016 52402 14
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

Heart Bypass Surgery Heart Bypass Surgery is an open-heart surgery that is used to treat blockages of the heart arteries. When there is a heart artery blockage, blood supply to areas of the heart are affected. A heart bypass is attached beyond the blockage restoring blood flow to that area. Heart bypasses are either arteries…

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Open Heart Surgery – Incredible Picture Guide!

October 12, 2016 77844 32
Dr. Mustafa Ahmed

What is Open Heart Surgery? Traditionally, open heart surgery meant the breastbone being cracked open, providing direct access to the heart, allowing heart surgeons to fix heart problems while the patient is placed on a heart lung machine. Open heart surgery is probably the most widely known and feared of all operations, but in the…

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