DOES COUGHING HELP DURING A HEART ATTACK?
An information that occasionally appears on social media suggests that vigorously coughing when you suspect a heart attack can save your life. This is absolutely incorrect… As cardiologists, we may instruct patients to cough during certain rhythm problems in the cardiac intensive care unit or during a procedure in the angiography lab. However, for someone […]
WHAT IS A NON-INVASIVE ANGIOGRAPHY? WHO IS IT SUITABLE FOR?
A question frequently asked by patients who suspect they have coronary artery disease but have concerns about undergoing traditional angiography is: “I’ve heard about non-invasive angiography, what is it?”Commonly known as non-invasive angiography or CT angiography, it is a vascular imaging method used for patients suspected of having coronary artery disease but who, for various […]