Emergencies and Hospital Care for Heart Attack Victims

Last updated: 28-Oct-2008

10 Questions to Ask After a Heart Attack

If your parent has recently been hospitalized for a heart attack, the future may seem very uncertain. Now is the time to organize medical care and figure out how to make the transition from hospital to home as smooth as possible. Ask your parent's doctors and nurses the following:

What to Expect When Your Parent Has Coronary Bypass Surgery

If your parent's doctor informs him that his coronary arteries (the arteries that provide blood flow to the heart) are severely blocked, he may need to undergo coronary bypass surgery. Also known as coronary artery bypass grafting, this surgical procedure diverts blood flow around a section of blocked or diseased artery...

What to Expect When Your Parent Has Coronary Angioplasty and Stenting

If your parent has coronary artery disease (CAD), he may need to have a coronary angioplasty and probably a stent. In this medical procedure, a cardiologist inserts a small tube (catheter) attached to a high-pressure balloon into a large blood vessel in the upper thigh or arm, then carefully threads the catheter into the coronary arteries...