Angioplasty with balloons and stents has saved lives and improved quality of life for millions of people. Coronary angioplasty is a medical procedure used to restore blood flow in a narrowed or blocked artery in the heart. The arteries of the heart (the coronary arteries) can become narrowed and … [Read more...] about Let the Blood Flow – Drug-Eluting Stents
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Pacemakers Improving and Saving Lives
There are areas in the heart called pacemakers that send electrical signals to the rest of the heart, setting the speed or pace of the heartbeat. These pacemakers speed the heart up during exercise or hard work and slow it down again during rest. If natural pacemakers are injured or fail to do their … [Read more...] about Pacemakers Improving and Saving Lives
What Your Jeans Tell About You
Feb. 17 In celebration of American Heart Month, Flagstaff Medical Center (FMC) and the Heart & Vascular Center of Northern Arizona (HVCNA) are hosting “What Your Jeans Tell About You.” Interventional Cardiologist Omar Wani, M.D., will present a lecture on how your body shape can relate to … [Read more...] about What Your Jeans Tell About You