Coronary Artery Disease

Coronary artery disease is the most ordinary type of heart illness. It is the leading cause of loss in the United States in together men and women.

CAD happens when the arteries that provide blood to heart muscle become hard-bitten and narrowed. This is due to the buildup of cholesterol and other material, called plaque, on their inner walls. As the buildup grows, less blood can flow during the arteries. As a result, the heart muscle can't get the blood or oxygen it needs. This can lead to chest pain or a heart assault. Most heart attacks come about when a blood clot suddenly cuts off the hearts' blood supply, causing enduring heart damage.

Over time, CAD can also weaken the heart muscle and add to heart failure and arrhythmias. Heart failure income the heart can't pump blood well to the rest of the body. Arrhythmias are change in the usual beating rhythm of the heart.

Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

If you have coronary artery disease (CAD), the artery that supply blood and oxygen to the heart muscle become toughened and narrowed. If way of life change and medicines don't help, your doctor may advise coronary artery bypass surgery.

The surgery uses a part of a vein from the leg or vein from the chest or wrist. The surgeon attach this to the coronary artery above and below the pointed area or blockage. This allows blood to bypass the blockage. Some people need additional than one bypass.

You may need bypass surgery for a variety of reasons. Another procedure for CAD, angioplasty, may not have widen the artery enough. In some cases, the angioplasty tube can't reach the obstruction.

A bypass too can close again. This happens in additional than 10 percent of bypass surgeries, typically after 10 or more years.