Angioplasty with balloons and stents has saved lives and improved quality of life for millions of people. Coronary angioplasty is a medical procedure used to restore blood flow in a narrowed or blocked artery in the heart. The arteries of the heart (the coronary arteries) can become narrowed and blocked due to buildup of a material called plaque on their inner walls. This narrowing reduces the flow of blood through the arteries, causing coronary artery disease, and can lead to heart … [Read more...] about Let the Blood Flow – Drug-Eluting Stents
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Pacemakers Improving and Saving Lives
There are areas in the heart called pacemakers that send electrical signals to the rest of the heart, setting the speed or pace of the heartbeat. These pacemakers speed the heart up during exercise or hard work and slow it down again during rest. If natural pacemakers are injured or fail to do their job, a miniature medical device called a cardiac pacemaker can be implanted in the chest wall. What is the Body’s Natural Pacemaker? The heart's "natural" pacemaker is called the … [Read more...] about Pacemakers Improving and Saving Lives
What Your Jeans Tell About You
Feb. 17 In celebration of American Heart Month, Flagstaff Medical Center (FMC) and the Heart & Vascular Center of Northern Arizona (HVCNA) are hosting “What Your Jeans Tell About You.” Interventional Cardiologist Omar Wani, M.D., will present a lecture on how your body shape can relate to heart health. The event will include jeans modeling and a jeans consultation with the denim experts from Dillard’s. This free, fun event is from 6 – 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 17, in the Dillard’s … [Read more...] about What Your Jeans Tell About You