ACS Q&A With Dr. Trey Baucum – Is Heart Disease Irreversible?

Lowering your cholesterol and keeping your diabetes and blood pressure under control can actually help reverse the plaque that is forming in your coronary arteries. The sooner you begin addressing these risk factors, the better the outcome.

The first step is finding out whether you have these conditions. That is one of the things cardiologists do. We help people take care of themselves and intervene early in the disease process, so they can slow or even reverse the progression of coronary artery disease (often without needing bypass surgery or stents).