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 | | | | Heart Problems/Treatments | | • | High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
If you have high blood pressure that has not been diagnosed, or that is not being treated adequately, you are at greater risk of having a heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and blindness. | | • | Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)
A heart attack occurs when one of the heart's coronary arteries is blocked suddenly, usually by a tiny blood clot (thrombus). | | • | Angioplasty
Angioplasty is a procedure in which a tiny device is inserted into narrowed blood vessels that supply blood to the heart. This device widens the arteries and increases blood flow. | | • | Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiac catheterization is a procedure in which surgeons insert a small tube (catheter) through a large blood vessel in the arm or leg, then pass the tube into the heart. | | |
