A heart-felt story featuring one of our local first responders to wrap up #HeartMonth: Plano Fire-Rescue firefighter EMT Michael Tartaro is no stranger to responding to cardiac emergencies, but he never thought he'd experience a heart attack himself. Less than 45 minutes after his symptoms were identified, Medical City Plano health experts had reopened a deadly blockage in Michael's left anterior descending artery, also known as the widow maker artery. The national benchmark to treat a heart att

The term “widowmaker” refers to a specific kind of heart attack that is caused by a blockage in the left anterior descending (LAD) artery, which is a major artery on the front of the heart. ⁠ ⁠ The widowmaker heart attack is particularly dangerous for several reasons but perhaps the primary reason is that the LAD artery supplies oxygenated blood to the main pumping⁠ chamber of the heart.⁠ ⁠ A blockage in this artery can deprive a large part of the heart muscle of oxygen. If the LAD artery become

Pesakit 40-an yang sebenarnya saya dah sarankan buat bypass tapi dia tak bersedia. Kita rawat saluran darah left anterior descending artery dengan satu stent bersalut ubat. #angioplasty #angiogram #coronaryarterydisease #seranganjantung #stent #drugelutingstent | Dr. Muhammad Imran bin Abdul Hafidz, Cardiologist