How Is Coronary Microvascular Disease Treated?
Women who have coronary microvascular disease (MVD)
are mainly treated to control their risk factors for heart disease and
symptoms. Treatments may include medicines such as:
- Statins to improve cholesterol levels
- Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
and beta blockers to lower blood pressure and decrease the heart's workload
- Aspirin to help prevent blood clots or control
inflammation
- Nitroglycerin to relax blood vessels, improve
blood flow to the heart muscle, and treat chest pain (if this medicine has
helped the patient with past symptoms)
Women diagnosed with coronary MVD who also have
anemia
may benefit from treatment for that condition, because anemia slows repair of
damaged blood vessels.
Women who are diagnosed and treated for coronary MVD
should be checked regularly by their doctors.
Research is ongoing to find the best treatments for
coronary MVD. |