There is a type of heart disease that affects the tiniest of blood vessels, leading to insufficient blood flow to the heart muscle. Coronary microvascular disease (sometimes called small artery disease or small vessel disease) is heart disease that affects the tiny blood vessels that branch off from the larger coronary arteries. You may have microvascular disease otherwise known as NORDA if you feel shortness of breath, fatigue, a lack of energy, problems with sleep, or chest pain sometimes lasting for over 10 minutes. NORDA is not easily detected using standard testing, so your doctors may have told you that nothing is wrong and there’s nothing left for you to do. NORDA is resistant to treatment (refractory), which may have you just living with the pain. If you are searching for answers, there may be new hope.
NORDA or No Option Refractory Disabling Angina is the name proposed in 2019 for a type of microvascular disease that is refractory (resistant) to medications, surgery, and cardiac procedures. NORDA can cripple an individual’s quality of life. Click on the video above to learn more. If this sounds like you or someone you know to watch this video to learn more.
There are emerging, advanced treatments for refractory microvascular disease. Some of them involve using your own stem cells to regenerate heart tissue. If you have tried other treatments and still experience chest pain take action and sign up to learn more and see if you’re eligible to receive emerging treatments.
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WE ARE NORDA is a patient centered initiative and affiliate of the Angiogenesis Foundation. Our goal is to act as as resource for patients with heart disease, especially for people with microvascular disease who have been told they have no option.
Angiogenesis is the process the body uses to grow new blood vessels, a process crucial to treating heart disease. The Angiogenesis Foundation is the leading objective, credible, not for profit organization which for 25 years has been advancing the field of angiogenesis-based science to improve world health. We have driven major innovations in disease treatments leading to over 30 drugs for cancer, eye disease, and wound healing as well as for prevention (food as medicine). It is estimated that the Foundation has impacted over 50 million people through its work. We pride ourselves on our ability to connect patients to the right medical treatments for their specific case. If you or a loved one is seeking treatment for heart disease, connect with us. We can help.
Angina is chest pain or discomfort caused when your heart muscle doesn't get enough oxygen-rich blood. It may feel like pressure or squeezing in your chest. The discomfort also can occur in your shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, or back.
Microvascular disease is heart disease that affects the walls and inner lining of tiny coronary artery blood vessels that branch off from the larger coronary arteries.
A refractory disease is one that does not respond to treatment.
