Sentences with phrase «open blocked coronary»

These are the same stents commonly used to open blocked coronary arteries.

For participants in the prospective studies, the research team investigated how each individual's genetic risk score and lifestyle factors related to the incidence of heart attack, the need for procedures designed to open blocked coronary arteries, or sudden cardiac death.

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Women who have a cardiac arrest are less likely than men to receive potentially life - saving procedures such as angiography to look for blocked coronary arteries or angioplasty to open them, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association / American Stroke Associatopen them, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association / American Stroke AssociatOpen Access Journal of the American Heart Association / American Stroke Association.

Today the preferred treatment for acute myocardial infarction is percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) where a stent is used to open the blocked artery.»

They are then expanded to keep a blocked coronary artery open indefinitely.