Disease Care

Heart Disease : Treatments

Treatment for heart disease will vary depending upon the type of disease - heart attack, stroke, aneurysm, etc. - the person has.

Medications

ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARB), anticoagulants, antiarrhythmics, antiplatelets, aspirin, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, vasodilators, and warfarin.

Procedures

Brachytherapy (radiation), Valvuloplasty (non-surgical balloon procedure).

Surgeries

There are many different types of heart surgery, including pacemaker, implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), heart valve surgery, transplant and biventricular pacing. Surgeries may be used to:

Repair or replace the valves that control blood flow through the heart's chambers
Bypass or widen blocked or narrowed arteries to the heart
Repair aneurysms, or bulges in the aorta, which can be deadly if they burst
Implant devices to regulate heart rhythms
Destroy small amounts of tissue that disturb electrical flow through the heart
Make channels in the heart muscle to allow blood from a heart chamber directly into the heart muscle
Boost the heart's pumping power with muscles taken from the back or abdomen
Replace the damaged heart with a heart from a donor

Emergency procedures

CPR and Automated External Defibrillator (or AED, which automatically analyzes the person's heart rhythm and advises the rescuer whether or not a shock is needed to restore a normal heart beat.)

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