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" Detecting Coronary Heart Disease......."
Some of the standard methods available to detect the presence of CHD are:
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blood tests
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electrocardiography (measuring the electrical activity of the heart)
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echocardiography (ultrasound of the heart)
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nuclear imaging (MPI and Thallium scans provide information on blood flow and the pumping action of the heart).
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coronary angiography (cardiac catheterisation provides information on location of narrowing or blockages in the coronary arteries).
" Treating Coronary Heart Disease......."
Existing treatments
for CHD are:
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medication based treat ments (ACE inhibitors, antiarrhythmic drugs, anticoagulants, anti-platelets, betablockers, calcium channel blockers, cholesterol lowering drugs, diuretics)
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minor invasive procedures (balloon angiography and coronary stenting)
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