Are there benefits of cardiac catheterization for stable coronary artery disease? – Harvard Health Blog

One of the main causes of chest pain is a blockage of blood flow down the coronary arteries, the blood vessels that deliver oxygenated blood to our heart muscle to allow it to beat. Depending on how fast the blockage forms, it is labeled as either a stable or unstable blockage. Unstable blockages occur quickly when an atherosclerotic plaque…

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Is angioplasty plus stenting or coronary artery bypass surgery better for treating left main coronary artery disease? – Harvard Health Blog

One of the most dangerous places to have a coronary blockage is in the left main coronary artery. Why is a blockage there so precarious? To answer that, let’s start with some basic cardiac anatomy. The two major coronary arteries — the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart — are the left and right coronary arteries. The…

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