Question 1

how to unblock a blocked artery in your leg?

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Surgery ???: either angioplasty or stunting/atherectomy (catheter based therapy) or surgery. surgery may include a plaque removal or bypass.

Question 2

can you tell me how to unblock a blocked artery in your leg?

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Depends: Arterial blockage caused by a clot can be treated with thrombolytics or surgery. Blockages caused by atherosclerosis can be treated by endovascular techniques or bypass surgery. The first step is medical therapy, which may relieve symptoms and make intervention a secondary option.

Question 3

is there a way to unblock plaque in your arteries? i mean using diet and exercise?

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Exercise: There is little evidence to show success with plaque regression by any means.

Question 4

how could you unblock coronary arteries?

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Depends: In the most serious cases of blocked arteries, intervention(s): stents, angioplasty, rotoblador or surgery is necessary for revascularization or blocked coronary arteries.

Question 5

what can help clear clogging arteries?

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Start w/ these : Tx generally start with a healthy diet, & regular exercise, both of which can help achieve & maintain ideal weight. If you use any tob products, then stopping all of it is very important. Start to read food labels. Choose more veggies. Avoid soda, all fast food. Limit juice. Choose fish (tuna/salmon) often. Work w/ proactive doc for complete eval, other tx and monitoring. Good luck!

Question 6

what is a good method to clear blocked arteries?

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Angioplasty or bypas: if the artery has any flow through it and you can get a wire through it angioplasty will help. If not you will need a bypass.

Question 7

what foods or drinks or herbs actually can clear plaques out of arteries?

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There are a lot: Garlic…grapes, crape fruit juice, cherries sweet.Strawberries, applessweet patato, green tea, hawthorn tea, olive of oil, salmon, spinch, garbanzo beans, tamatos, all of those will to clean the arteries, but please consult your doctor.

Question 8

are there any new medicines being researched that can clear blocked arteries?

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All the time: There is no drug immediately on the horizon (next 5 years) that you should expect to do this..  Even good drugs with clearly positive effects are being sued into irrelevance due to rare serious side effects (which almost all drugs have).   Taking high-potency statins (crestor (rosuvastatin) or lipitor) has been shown to partially clear blocked arteries if the cholesterol is driven low enough.

Question 9

what will clear out clogged arteries?

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Not much: there may be some reversal if the cholesterol level is decreased. But usually the damage is done when the blockage is seen.

Question 10

is angioprim or cardio effective to clear blocked arteries?

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Blocked arteries: Arteries develop plaque, aka atherosclerosis. On average when plaques are partial, diameter reduction below 50 %	of the lumen, medical therapy is most beneficial: antiplatelet, anti hypertensives, lipid lowering therapies, manage diabetes and stop nicotine. If plaque progresses above 70%	diameter reduction, then balloons, stents and bypass surgery are a benefit. Each case has nuances. See your doc.

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