Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) - Dubai Cardiology Clinic

Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)

• It creates an imbalance between the oxygenated blood supply to the heart muscle and the demand of the muscle.
• The main arteries that supply the blood to the heart muscle are called coronary arteries, when fat is deposited in their wall it causes narrowing in the lumen by plaque formation, and if this plaque ruptures it is followed by clot and blockage of the artery and consequently causes a heart attack.
• If blood flow isn’t restored quickly, the heart muscle begins to die. Without rapid management, heart attacks can lead to serious outcomes and death.

How does the plaque build up?

• Plaque begins to build up in damaged arteries, and if the blood is rich in fat and cholesterol. When the inner layer of the artery wall is affected, the plaque ruptures to cause heart acute coronary syndrome either STEMI or NSTEMI (myocardial infarction with ST elevation or without ST elevation), or what we call endothelial dysfunction.
• Here is the main issue for CAD. The important thing is the build-up of plaque in the coronary arteries may start in childhood, though we have to take care of the risk factors as early as we can to get protection from CAD.

Dubai Cardiology Clinic - Treatment of various cardiovascular diseases such as Hypertension, Ischemic heart disease, Holter monitoring, Heart failure, Stress test, chest pain, and echocardiography are now available in DRHC.