Pages tagged: spontaneous coronary artery dissection

Dr. Stephanie Coulter, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center Chief of Staff and Medical Director of the Women’s Center and FMD &...

Physicians Identify Carotid Artery Dissection in Time for Treatment KPRC Channel 2’s Haley Hernandez recently interviewed The Texas Heart Institute’s...

FMD is a non-inflammatory, non-atherosclerotic disorder. Meaning it is not caused by inflammation or plaque buildup. FMD causes narrowing or blockage of specific arteries in your body and also can lead to bulging of an artery caused by weakening of the artery wall (“aneurysm”) or a tear in the artery (“dissection”).

The Texas Heart Institute welcomed Dr. Jeffrey W. Olin, Professor of Medicine and Director of Vascular Medicine and the Vascular Diagnostic...