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Friday, December 9th, 2011 2,300 views
Coronary arteries are the vessels responsible for blood supply, oxygen and nutrients to the heart muscle. When the coronary arteries have blockage by fatty plaque there is a difficulty in the passage of blood, which can cause chest pain (angina pectoris) and / or acute myocardial infarction. Angioplasty is a ...
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Friday, December 9th, 2011 2,215 views
Cardiac catheterization is a procedure performed in order to diagnose and / or treat many cardiac pathologies. Through this you can assess heart function, the anatomy of the coronary arteries, presence of plaque (stenosis) in arteries, changes in the functioning of the heart valves, congenital diseases to diagnose and calculate ...
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 4,853 views
The Early Years
The history of plastic surgery began more than 4,000 years ago. Although reconstructive surgery was used in India in 800 BC, the history of plastic surgery moved very slowly for thousands of years, especially in European medicine. (Eastern medicine’s history of plastic surgery is much more lengthy, with ...
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