Can We Predict Heart Attacks And Strokes. The Silent Killer
Channel: doctorsTmd
Date: 2024-02-10

Can We Predict Heart Attacks And Strokes. The Silent Killer.
How do you know your arteries are clogged? 
Have you ever wondered if it’s possible to predict a heart attack or stroke years before it happens? For years, the medical community has known that atherosclerosis The buildup of plaque in our arteries starts very early in children and that it takes decades for events to occur heart attacks strokes and PVD (peripheral vascular disease). 

Atherosclerosis (arterial plaque buildup) hardening of the arteries is responsible for our number one cause of death in the US and the Western world. CAD has been the number 1 cause of death in the US since 1918 the year of the Spanish flu. Even amidst the global pandemic in 2021, at the peak of Covid 19 coronary artery disease (CAD) claimed more lives than Covid! We had 415 k death of covid but 700K deaths of CAD(coronary artery disease) many of these Sudden cardiac deaths.
EARLY DETECTION: YOUR ARMOR AGAINST HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES,
       
How do you know if you are developing plaque before symptoms occur?
We know have several simple tests widely available that can detect plaque long before it causes trouble.
1 -CAC Coronary artery calcium test.
2-CT angiography.
3- Carotid Ultrasound
4- Abdomen aortic ultrasound.
 If you want to avoid coronary artery disease (HEART ATTACK) ,if you want to avoid a STROKE then this video is for you.
DON'T SUGARCOAT IT... it will take away years from your life and life from your years.
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00:00 Introduction
00:31 Can we predict a heart attack? 
01:15 What is arterial plaque? 
01:51 How do you know your arteries are clogged?
02:09 Coronary artery calcium test
04:06 What are the  results of Calcium test?
04:34 CT angiography
06:24 Carotid Ultrasound
07:58 Abdominal aortic Ultrasound
09:06 What to do if you are having a heart attack?
09:32 Which test is best?