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Treatment

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Dr. Phillips
There are a number of treatment options for coronary artery disease, including:

  • Lifestyle changes
  • Medications
  • Medical procedures and surgery, and
  • Cardiac rehabilitation

Dr. Mansfield
The goals of treatment may include:

  • Lowering the risk of blood clots forming
  • Preventing complications of coronary artery disease
  • Reducing risk factors in an effort to slow, stop, or reverse plaque buildup
  • Relieving symptoms, and
  • Widening or bypassing clogged arteries