A 35-year-old member asked:
Can coronary artery disease cause problems besides causing a heart attack?
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Dr. Mario Matos-Cruzanswered
Thoracic Surgery 41 years experience
YES: Strokes and aneurysms and peripherovascular disease, renal artery disease to include some. Arteriosclerosis is a process that ends up affecting all the arteries in the body if you live long enough.
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A 18-year-old male asked:
Why is exercise important with Coronary Artery Disease? Wouldnt exercise cause a greater blockage and cause a heart attack?
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Dr. Richard Romanoanswered
Internal Medicine 11 years experience
Exercise helps to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. If someone has cardiovascular disease, there can still be a reduction in disease with exercise. Some people with severe cardiovascular disease can't exercise because of active disease symptoms
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A 33-year-old member asked:
How will coronary artery disease lead to a heart attack?
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Dr. Mario Matos-Cruzanswered
Thoracic Surgery 41 years experience
Causative: Coronary artetiosclerosis leads to plaque buildup which in turn eventually causes a stenosis in the coronary. Acute plaque thorombosis leads to acute coronary closure with the obvious myocardial ischemic necrosis. Emergency coronary revascularization within minutes of the occlusion re establishes blood flow and rescues the heart muscle that has not perished.Heart muscle that dies is gone for good.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
With coronary artery disease am I more susceptible for having a heart attack?
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Dr. Ankush Bansalanswered
Internal Medicine 16 years experience
Yes: However, if you control your weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes (if applicable), then you're managing your coronary artery disease and likely preventing a heart attack from occurring. Basically, follow a healthy lifestyle, take all meds prescribed, and follow up with your doctor as recommended. Then you significantly reduce your chance of heart attack.
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A 38-year-old male asked:
Is coronary artery disease same as heart attack? Or how is it different?
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Dr. Craig Carteranswered
Thoracic Surgery 42 years experience
Cause and effect: Coronary artery disease is the buildup of cholesterol and calcium in the vessels leading to the heart. A heart attack is when those arteries are blocked, cutting off blood flow and causing damage.
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