Healthcare And Coranare Heart Disease

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of the disease. Throughout the entire time his outlook remained very positive. There were several dramatic changes that the disease caused. He quit smoking after the first heart attack. On the first year after surgery many things went on like they had before the surgery. Family activities didn’t change much. The only noticeable difference was the fact that he quit smoking.
“Each year, 900,000 people in the United States have a heart attack. Of these, roughly 225,000 die, including 125,000 who die before ever getting any medical attention. But advances in treatment have meant that even more victims can survive and go on to live normal, healthy lives” (www.intellihealth.com) Even with these new treatments the disease is a killer. Doctors have found ways to extend the life of people with the disease, but they have not found a way to completely cure the disease. Once people contract Coronary Heart disease they eventually die from having it.
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on the disease has caused drug companies and private groups to make great advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
Coronary heart disease has several levels of severity. These
varying levels of severity have caused the evolution of several treatments for heart disease. There are three main types of treatment that go along with changing diet habits and increased exercise. The three main treatments are open-heart surgery, balloon angioplasty, and stinting, which can be subsequent to the angioplasty.
Balloon angioplasty is the process of lapthroscopacly going into the veins and inflating a small balloon to push open the blockages. The use of stentscan come after this ...

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