Treatments of CAD
Treatments of CADTreatment of CAD mainly focuses on the followings
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What are the options?
Lifestyle Change
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is very beneficial not only to treating the CAD but also to preventing CAD.
Some people may only need to changed their lifestyle to treat CAD.
There are guide lines of lifestyle change including the followings.
more will be covered in prevention
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is very beneficial not only to treating the CAD but also to preventing CAD.
Some people may only need to changed their lifestyle to treat CAD.
There are guide lines of lifestyle change including the followings.
- Quitting smoking and avoiding secondhand smoke
- Eating a heart-healthy diet
- Getting regular exercise
- Getting to and staying a a healthy weight
- Keeping a healthy mental attitude
more will be covered in prevention
Medication
When the lifestyle changes are not enough, taking medications may be needed to treat CAD.
Medications can help treating CAD by following ways.
When the lifestyle changes are not enough, taking medications may be needed to treat CAD.
Medications can help treating CAD by following ways.
- Reduce the heart’s workload and relieve CAD symptoms
- Decrease the chance of having a heart attack or dying suddenly
- Lower the cholesterol and blood pressure
- Prevent blood clots
- Prevent or delay the need for a procedure or surgery (for example, angioplasty or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG))
Procedures
If the angina symptoms does not go away with lifestyle change and medication, procedures can help manage CAD symptoms.
The options for CAD procedures are followed
These procedures are for treating severely narrowed or blocked coronary arteries.
If the angina symptoms does not go away with lifestyle change and medication, procedures can help manage CAD symptoms.
The options for CAD procedures are followed
- Angioplasty with or without stenting
- Bypass surgery, also known as Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
These procedures are for treating severely narrowed or blocked coronary arteries.
Angioplasty Coronary Artery Bypass (CABG)
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Palliative care
When these treatments above would not work, you can look for the palliative care. It is a care mainly focusing on improving the quality of life physically, mentally, and spiritually.
People with chronic illness or terminal illness often look for the palliative care.
It may help you manage symptoms or side effects of treatment.
When these treatments above would not work, you can look for the palliative care. It is a care mainly focusing on improving the quality of life physically, mentally, and spiritually.
People with chronic illness or terminal illness often look for the palliative care.
It may help you manage symptoms or side effects of treatment.
What is palliative care and who is it for?
Reference:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/cad/treatment
http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/tc/coronary-artery-disease-treatment-overview
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http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/tc/coronary-artery-disease-treatment-overview
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9AqBd4RExk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM_tcf5Ogy0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttW8pxF__g4
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http://www.buildabetteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/lifestyle-changes3.jpg
http://blog.harvardvanguard.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Medication-bottles-shutterstock_76513601.jpg
http://www.veronaveins.com/images/dialysis-access-management-angioplasty-stenting-and-fistula-salvage.png
http://www.salem.va.gov/images/pall3.jpg