Cardiac technology

2.  This disease Narrows the blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich
blood to your heart. This happens because of plaque build up in the
vessels.
 The coronary arteries become damaged or diseased making it hard
for blood flow to occur.
 The decreased blood flow can cause chest pains or angina,
shortness of breath or even worse a heart attack.

3.  Chest pain or discomfort (angina)
 Shortness of breath
 Fast heartbeat (tachycardia)
 Weakness
 Nausea

4.  Pain in stomach
 Increased sweating
 Back or jaw pain in woman
 Heaviness and weight on chest

5.  First the doctor will do a normal physical exam to see the patients
health and risk factors, seeing if the patient smokes and their daily
diet.
 Blood pressure test
 Cholesterol test
 C-reactive Protein Test (CRP)
 Coronary calcium exam
 Electrocardiogram (EKG) (ECG)

6.  Chest x-ray
 Blood test
 Exercise Electrocardiogram (Stress Test)
 Cardiac Perfusion scan
 Echocardiogram and stress Echocardiogram
 Ultrasound
 Coronary angiogram

7.  Quit Smoking
 Healthy diet
 Aspirin Exercise daily
 Keep stress down
 Control your cholesterol and blood pressure.

8.  Aspirin is recommended. It thins your blood which
makes it easier to pass through the vessels in the heart.
 Beta-blockers- Slow your heart beat and lower your
blood pressure
 Statins- lower Cholesterol

9.  Nitrates- relieve chest pain
 Calcium channel blockers- slow your heart rate and
lower blood pressure
 Angiotensin-converting enzyme Inhibitors (ACE)-
reduce blood pressure, and reduce the strain on your
heart

10.  Coronary artery bypass graft surgery- a doctor connects
a healthy artery or vein from another part of your body
to the blocked coronary artery. The grafted artery goes
around the blocked part of the artery. The bypass
provides a new pathway for blood to your heart.

11.  Angioplasty- this procedure opens the blocked blood
vessel so that blood can flow through it more easily.
 Stints are also placed inside the blocked vessels to
open them more so blood can flow through.

12.  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/coronary
arterydisease.html
 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/coronary-
artery-disease/DS00064
 http://www.webmd.com/heart-
disease/guide/heart-disease-coronary-artery-
disease