Coronary Artery Disease Interventions
Coronary artery disease – over time arteries build up with fatty deposits. This causes reduced blood flow to the heart. This can cause a heart attack if the arteries rupture. Then blood clots can formed and may block flow to the heart’s muscle, weakening the heart’s ability to pump.
Interventions: medications like ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, NGT, calcium-channel blockers and aspirin can be used to treat CAD and prevent heart failure. Also cardiac catheters and surgery can be done to help remove the fatty deposit build up.