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| Heart Can Develop Natural Bypass |
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Many times we see 100% blockage in some coronary artery on angiography without
any heart muscle damage or heart attack or even any symptoms of angina. Even echo - cardiogram
also reveals that heart muscle fed by that blocked artery is functioning normally. How is this
possible? There can be only one explanation and that is, the heart muscle must be getting blood
supply from an alternative route – the tiny, multiple collateral blood vessels of the heart
establishing a “Natural Bypass”.
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| The Heart's Microcirculation: |
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Coronary Angiography mostly shows only larger arteries. But 90% of all
the blood vessels of the heart are smaller than one-half m.m. diameter and most of them may
not be seen on angiogram. These small blood vessels are called heart's micro-circulation
which has several interconnections between left and right coronary arteries & also among
major branches within them.
These tiny collateral blood vessels have an amazing capacity to grow when needed - both in
number as well as in size. And so, by the time a particular coronary blockage develops over
a time, these multiple collaterals grow and make alternative routes around the blockage
creating a ‘Natural Bypass'.
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| It is well known that the
body is endowed with tremendous healing powers and we are all capable of building new blood vessels
when we need to. What happens when a coronary artery becomes occluded is quite unique. Upstream from
the narrowed or obstructed arteries, new blood vessels sprout out from the wall of the artery much
like buds from a branch of a tree. This takes place under a process known as angiogenesis (angio
meaning “new vessels” and genesis meaning “birth of”). These new vessels
grow and reinsert into the obstructed mother artery down stream from the obstruction. Alternatively,
the new vessels can also connect up with a nearby healthy vessel. In either case, the heart creates
its own bypasses. We call these new vessels the collateral circulation of the heart. It takes time
for this to happen, and it isn't an instant process compared to bypass surgery. The advantage,
however, is that the heart's own bypasses are not accompanied by the threat of dangerous surgical
complications, they will last for life, and they are certainly less |
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| How Cardio Uno Plus helps developing Natural Bypass
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| A) Medically
supervised ECG monitored exercise ensures safer & more intensity exercise to develop
collateral blood vessels faster & more effectively. |
| B) Expert
multispeciality medical team counselling can help you obtain ideal control of your risk
factors like diabetes, high BP, cholesterol, weight & stress. This will help you stabilize or
even reverse your coronary artery blockages. |
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