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Treatments for Cardiovascular Disease

Treatments for Cardiovascular Disease. Examples of Cardiovascular Treatments. Lifestyle Changes Can help a patient suffering from: Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Attacks & Congestive Heart Failure Reduce amount of salt intake Eat Healthier Exercise Keep blood pressure under control

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Treatments for Cardiovascular Disease

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  1. Treatments for Cardiovascular Disease

  2. Examples of Cardiovascular Treatments • Lifestyle Changes Can help a patient suffering from: • Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Attacks & Congestive Heart Failure • Reduce amount of salt intake • Eat Healthier • Exercise • Keep blood pressure under control • Stop Smoking • Limit Alcohol

  3. Medicine Treatments • Blood Thinners • Hypertension • Antiarrythmatics • Cholesterol Lowering • Rate Control • Vasodilators

  4. Special Procedures • Defibrillation: • When a electronic device gives an electric shock to the heart to help establish normal contraction rhythm • AED devices are now in schools • Cardioversion: • Used in emergency situations to electrically or chemically shock the heart out of abnormal heart rhythms • Mostly associated with low blood pressure, faintness, loss of consciousness and difficulty breathing

  5. Surgical Treatments • Stents • Tube placed in an artery to help keep the passageway open • Transplants • When a doctor removes a diseased or defected heart and replaces it with a donor heart. • The success rate varies and the person receives the heart can have many complications • Bypass Surgeries • Arteries from another region of the patients body are moved to the area of the heart in order to improve blood supply and flow

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