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West Georgia Heart Clinic
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Cardiac Disease Treatment Options
At the West Georgia Heart Clinic, we believe in setting up a program of treatment that’s tailored to your specific conditions. This may involve lifestyle changes, drug therapy, surgical procedures or any combination as determined by your cardiac specialist.
Lifestyle Changes
- Lose Weight
- Stop Smoking
- Modify Eating Habits
- Increase Exercise
- Stress Management
Drug Therapies
- Aspirin – works as a blood thinner and may reduce clotting
- Cholesterol Lowering Drugs – help prevent arterial deposit build-up
- Beta Blockers – slow heart rate and decrease blood pressure
- Nitroglycerin – opens up coronary arteries and controls chest pain
- ACE Inhibitors – reduce blood pressure and may prevent future heart attacks
- Calcium Channel Blockers – relax the muscles surrounding coronary arteries
Surgical Procedures
- Angioplasty – a procedure in which a long thin tube attached to a deflated balloon is threaded through a narrowed artery; the balloon is then inflated to open the artery
- Bypass Surgery – an open-heart surgery in which the surgeon uses a graft from an open blood vessel to bypass blockage in your coronary arteries