Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100212:00:05:00
Coronary artery disease that means he has a buildup of plaque, the stuff that contains cholesterol in his arteries and keeps building up. for some reason, they haven't been able to control it with medications. even after he had the bypass. he has not had a heart attack and a heart attack occurs when that plaque ruptures and causes a complete disruption of the blood flow to the heart. he has had these two procedures which are called revascularization, increasing the blood flow. this is a die gramm of how the accident work, a tube is placed in the heart and the piece of metal is the stent and re...