Coronary angioplasty and stents
Stents used in cardiology are metal coils that are used to hold a heart artery open. Stents are inserted as part of an angioplasty procedure.
Stents used in cardiology are metal coils that are used to hold a heart artery open. Stents are inserted as part of an angioplasty procedure.
This is the area of medicine that deals with heart disease. Cardiology includes the investigation and care of patients with chest pain, angina, heart attacks, palpitations, problems with heart valves and heart failure.
Cardiovascular disease describes a variety of conditions including angina, heart attacks and stroke. It accounts for around one in three deaths in England and Wales. Most of these deaths are due to heart attacks but around a third are due to strokes. The underlying process of cardiovascular disease is the development of fatty deposits called atheroma in the linings of the coronary arteries supplying the heart or the arteries supplying the brain.
Read more: Atheroma / Coronary Heart Disease / Ischaemic Heart Disease
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Robert Greenbaum