Should I have an angiography? #angiography
Channel: Carlos Pérez
Date: 09/10/2023

If you have coronary heart disease or stable angina, what we are going to discuss here will be of interest to you. Coronary heart disease means that your heart is not pumping as much blood as your body needs, and is characterised by feelings of weakness, dizziness and a lot of tiredness. Fluid builds up in the lungs and other parts of the body. This causes shortness of breath and swelling. 
Angina pectoris is a symptom of coronary heart disease. Most people feel pain or pressure in the chest. Some people feel other symptoms. These include pain, pressure or a strange feeling in the back, neck, jaw or upper belly, or in one or both shoulders or arms. We are concerned here with stable angina, i.e. angina whose symptoms occur at predictable times, such as when exercising, and disappear when resting or after taking nitroglycerin.
In these cases, there are two options: Either have an angiogram to decide on the best treatment for coronary artery disease; or not have one.

0:00 Introduction
1:16 What is coronary angiography?
2:35 What is coronary artery disease?
5:11 Why have an angiogram?
6:27 Why not have an angiogram?
7:15 What are the risks of angiography?
9:06 What do the figures tell us about the benefits and risks of angiography?
9:46 Key points 

Cites
    Dehmer GJ, et al. (2012). A contemporary view of diagnostic cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention in the United States. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 60(20): 2017-2031. DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.08.966. 
    Gulati M, et al. (2021). 2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR guideline for the evaluation and diagnosis of chest pain. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 78(22): e187-e285. DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.07.053. 


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