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What is Coronary Artery Disease?
Coronary artery disease develops when your coronary arteries — the major blood vessels that supply your heart with
blood, oxygen and nutrients — become damaged or diseased. Cholesterol-containing deposits (plaques) on your
arteries are usually to blame for coronary artery disease.
When plaques build up, they narrow your coronary arteries, causing your heart to receive less blood. Eventually,
diminished blood flow may cause chest pain (angina), shortness of breath or other coronary artery disease symptoms.
A complete blockage can cause a heart attack.
Because coronary artery disease often develops over decades, it can go virtually unnoticed until it produces a heart
attack.
Symptoms
• Chest pain (angina).
• Shortness of breath.
• Heart attack.
Causes
Coronary artery disease is thought to begin with damage or injury to the inner layer of a coronary artery, sometimes as
early as childhood. The damage may be caused by various factors, including:
• Smoking
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Diabetes
• Radiation therapy to the chest, as used for certain types of cancer
Once the inner wall of an artery is damaged, fatty deposits (plaques) made of cholesterol and other cellular waste
products tend to accumulate at the site of injury in a process called atherosclerosis. If the surface of these plaques
breaks or ruptures, blood cells called platelets will clump at the site to try to repair the artery. This clump can block the
artery, leading to a heart attack.
Western Medicine Treatment
Treatment for coronary artery disease usually involves lifestyle changes and, if necessary, drugs and certain medical
procedures.
Lifestyle changes
• Quit smoking
• Eat healthy foods
• Exercise regularly
• Lose excess weight
• Reduce stress
• Drugs
Alternative Medicine
There is a significant progress using alternative medicine in this area.
If you want a referral of an expert alternative medicine practitioner in your
local area, please use our free referral service by calling our toll-free at
1-888-919-1188, or e-mail us to wei@weilab.com, or click the button
at the right to have us contact you.
Information gathered from the Mayo Clinic
Coronary artery disease develops when your coronary arteries — the major blood vessels that supply your heart with
blood, oxygen and nutrients — become damaged or diseased. Cholesterol-containing deposits (plaques) on your
arteries are usually to blame for coronary artery disease.
When plaques build up, they narrow your coronary arteries, causing your heart to receive less blood. Eventually,
diminished blood flow may cause chest pain (angina), shortness of breath or other coronary artery disease symptoms.
A complete blockage can cause a heart attack.
Because coronary artery disease often develops over decades, it can go virtually unnoticed until it produces a heart
attack.
Symptoms
• Chest pain (angina).
• Shortness of breath.
• Heart attack.
Causes
Coronary artery disease is thought to begin with damage or injury to the inner layer of a coronary artery, sometimes as
early as childhood. The damage may be caused by various factors, including:
• Smoking
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Diabetes
• Radiation therapy to the chest, as used for certain types of cancer
Once the inner wall of an artery is damaged, fatty deposits (plaques) made of cholesterol and other cellular waste
products tend to accumulate at the site of injury in a process called atherosclerosis. If the surface of these plaques
breaks or ruptures, blood cells called platelets will clump at the site to try to repair the artery. This clump can block the
artery, leading to a heart attack.
Western Medicine Treatment
Treatment for coronary artery disease usually involves lifestyle changes and, if necessary, drugs and certain medical
procedures.
Lifestyle changes
• Quit smoking
• Eat healthy foods
• Exercise regularly
• Lose excess weight
• Reduce stress
• Drugs
- o Cholesterol-modifying medications
o Aspirin.
o Beta blockers.
o Nitroglycerin.
o Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs).
o Calcium channel blockers
- o Angioplasty and stent placement (percutaneous coronary revascularization).
o Coronary artery bypass surgery.
Alternative Medicine
There is a significant progress using alternative medicine in this area.
If you want a referral of an expert alternative medicine practitioner in your
local area, please use our free referral service by calling our toll-free at
1-888-919-1188, or e-mail us to wei@weilab.com, or click the button
at the right to have us contact you.
Information gathered from the Mayo Clinic
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