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How High Blood Pressure Affects Your Heart and What You Can Do About It

MIBHS

This condition, called atherosclerosis, narrows the arteries, restricting blood flow and increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. This condition reduces blood flow to the heart, increasing the risk of angina (chest pain) and heart attacks. If an aneurysm ruptures, it can cause life-threatening internal bleeding.

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VahatiCor, Inc. Announces Treatment of First Patient with the A-FLUX Reducer System Innovation for Patients Suffering from Angina Due to Persistent Ischemic Heart Disease

DAIC

a med tech company dedicated to helping patients with persistent ischemic heart disease, has announced the treatment of the first patient with the A-FLUX Reducer System, a treatment for patients with angina or chest pain. Angina is often caused by reduced blood flow to the heart. VahatiCor, Inc., Circulation.

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The Hidden Toll of Chronic Stress on Your Heart Health

MIBHS

While this response is adaptive in the short term, chronic stress keeps your blood pressure elevated for extended periods, increasing your risk of hypertension (high blood pressure) and its associated complications, such as heart disease and stroke.

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90 years man gets a successful Beating Heart Bypass Surgery

Dr. Prateek Bhatnagar

Patient Mr. Paras Ram was having unstable angina (chest pain at rest) at his native place. He said that the main risks in operating someone in his 90s are brain stroke and kidney failure. No cuts were made on the legs. Coronary angiography showed tight left main coronary artery disease with severe triple vessel disease.

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Watch what happens when "pericarditis" and morphine cloud your judgment

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Submitted and written by Alex Bracey with edits by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith Case A 50ish year old man with a history of CAD w/ prior LAD MI s/p LAD stenting presented to the ED with chest pain similar to his prior MI, but worse. The pain initially started the day prior to presentation. The ST elevation from today is ~0.2

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A device?related fistula between coronary artery and left atrial appendage following left atrial appendage closure: Case presentation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Abstract Introduction Left atrial appendage (LAA) closure (LAAC) is considered a viable alternative to anticoagulation therapy for stroke prevention in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, we report a case with a less common shunt resulting from a device-related coronary artery-appendage fistula (CAAF) following LAAC.

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MINOCA : When a heart attack is not a heart attack

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

She asked me why I felt she had had a heart attack and I explained to her that she had had chest pains and the blood test indicating damage to the heart was elevated and that was all we needed to say that she had had a heart attack. On the basis of these findings we told her that she had suffered a heart attack.