| Medical emergencies such as heart attack have to be | | | | mention coronary artery bypass surgery. This |
| treated immediately. A delayed treatment might lead | | | | intervention uses arteries or veins from other parts |
| to severe complications and even death. That is why | | | | of the body to bypass the blocked coronary arteries. |
| all specialists recommend an early treatment in order | | | | The included tests are electrocardiogram, blood tests, |
| to increase the chances for recovery. | | | | nuclear heart scan, cardiac catheterization and |
| Treatment for this condition might begin in the | | | | coronary angiography. |
| ambulance or in the emergency room. The certitude | | | | The most common medicines that are used for |
| is that the treatment will continue in a special area | | | | treating heart attacks are beta blockers that are |
| called a coronary care unit or CCU. | | | | used to decrease the workload on the heart by |
| In the initial phase, at the hospital the doctors will | | | | slowing the heart rate. This makes the heart beat |
| work quickly to restore blood flow to the heart. A | | | | with less force and will lead to a lower blood |
| close monitoring of patient's vital signs is also done. | | | | pressure. These types of medicines are also used in |
| The most common treatments that are used are | | | | treating chest pain and o correct irregular heart beat. |
| thrombolytic drugs, also known as clot busters, which | | | | Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors are also |
| are useful in dissolving blood clots that are blocking | | | | used, because they lower the blood pressure and |
| blood flow to the heart. If these drugs are | | | | reduce the strain on your heart. For some patients, |
| administrated soon after the heart attack begins, | | | | these medicines are administrated after a heart |
| they can limit or even prevent permanent damage to | | | | attack to increase the survival rate and to help slow |
| the heart. These drugs are 100 percent effective if | | | | down further weakening of the heart. |
| they are administrated in less than an hour after the | | | | Other medicines such as nitroglycerin are used to |
| start of the heart attack symptoms. | | | | relax the blood vessels. Anticoagulants and |
| We can mention other ways of treatment such as | | | | antiplatelet medications are also useful. |
| angioplasty procedures that are used to open | | | | Some cases require medicines to relieve pain and |
| blocked or narrowed coronary arteries. A stent may | | | | anxiety, medicines for treating arrhythmias or oxygen |
| be placed in the artery in order to keep it open. | | | | therapy. |
| As an alternative for treating this problem we might | | | | |