Blog 16: Advisory Meeting #2

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What is the most effective treatment for a patient suffering from Coronary Artery Disease?

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Undergo an Angioplasty procedure by placing a stent in the narrowed artery to widen it

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1. Short term procedure in the sense that it can be done immediately unlike dieting and exercising (which could take months). An angioplasty procedure takes 1-2 hours and is painless because the patient is given a sedative.
2. Effective because it pushes the plaque away and widens the lumen of the artery with a balloon. Opposite of atherosclerosis which narrows the artery because of plaque.
3. Not open-heart surgery. The procedure is also not even surgery. It's a tube going through blood vessels all the way to the heart. No need to cut bones.

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1. Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty: How Important is Stand-By Surgery?
2. Angioplasty Versus Bypass Surgery for Coronary Artery Disease
3. Laparoscopic nephrectomy, ex vivo angioplasty, and renal autotransplant for a renal artery aneurysm: a case report.
4. Aortic Stenosis

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Undergoing an Angioplasty procedure to treat Coronary Artery disease is very effective because it is much faster than dieting, artificially reverses the process of atherosclerosis, and has less risks than open heart surgery.