Heart-to-Heart #3: FatBlogger
This past week, FatBlogger told us about his mother who is back home after havin two stents* put in. He wrote a great post last week about heart disease in women.
Having a heart attack was a shock for my mom, as well as the rest of the family. To look at her, and her lifestyle, you would not think that she was a candidate. She is a healthy weight, probably under-weight if anything, active with the dog and gardening. However, she was a smoker and that contributed more than anything. Smoking shrinks the arteries and capillaries making it easier for them to become clogged. Her penchant for cheese did the rest.
Glad to hear your mom is doing well, FatBlogger!
From the American Heart Association:
Tags: angioplasty, cardiovascular-disease, cvd, disease, health, heart, heart-disease, stents, womenA stent is a wire mesh tube used to prop open an artery during angioplasty. The stent is collapsed to a small diameter and put over a balloon catheter. It’s then moved into the area of the blockage. When the balloon is inflated, the stent expands, locks in place and forms a scaffold. This holds the artery open. The stent stays in the artery permanently, holds it open, improves blood flow to the heart muscle and relieves symptoms (usually chest pain).
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