Angiogram

The Days Before & After Open Heart Surgery

In mid-December of 2008 - exactly two weeks before Christmas Day, I had unexpected open heart surgery - a triple…

3 months ago

What is an Angiogram?

There's something a little scary about having a medical test done especially if you don't know exactly what it involves.…

3 months ago

Why Isn’t CT Angiogram Commonly Used in ER for Chest Pain?

Yet another study shows the value of the CT angiogram in distinguishing ER patients with cardiac chest pain from those…

5 months ago

Can Coronary Calcium Score Be Lowered?

You may have been led to believe that coronary calcium score cannot be lowered; that the coronary calcium score progression…

2 years ago

Accuracy of Treadmill Stress Test for Women’s Heart Disease

If you've always imagined that all a woman needs to do, to find out if she has clogged coronary arteries…

2 years ago

Causes and Treatment of Moyamoya Disease

Moyamoya disease is a rare circulatory and neurological disease with an unknown cause. According to eMedicine Neurology, moyamoya disease is…

4 years ago

Heart Attack Symptoms in Progress: False Alarm or Real Thing?

It was a Friday morning in August when my husband announced that he wasn't feeling well and was not going…

4 years ago

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