Heart Attack Symptoms and Signs:
Heart Attack, Symptoms of Heart Attack and Signs in Women and Men.
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Sep 25th, 2008
Drug-coated stents are found to be better than bare-metal ones for patients who suffer heart attack or are at high risk of heart attack.
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Sep 19th, 2008
A major Duke-based initiative designed to speed up heart attack care in North Carolina is launching a second phase of development that could involve all 21 primary cardiac interventional facilities throughout the state and dozens of additional referral hospitals.
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Sep 15th, 2008
Heart attack patients in UK can't find a single cardiac rehabilitation programme in UK, which meets the minimum staffing levels depriving patients of life-saving heart care, shows the British Heart Foundation report.
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Sep 4th, 2008
Heart attack patients discontinuing statin medication following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) increase their risk of dying over the next year.
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Sep 1st, 2008
Although we hoped that treating depression would result in an improved prognosis for heart attack patients, these studies have not provided much evidence to support this position: effects on depression itself have been minor and did not translate into cardiovascular benefits.
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Sep 1st, 2008
Simple and rapid blood tests have become the standard for the detection of myocardial infarction. Starting in the year 2000, recommendations by the European Society of Cardiology and other major cardiology societies worldwide have begun to state uniformly that a rise in cardiac troponins – sensitive and specific markers for dying cells in the heart - is a prerequisite for the clinical diagnosis of myocardial infarction.
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Aug 22nd, 2008
American Heart Association released an information about things we need to know and do when we have the warning signs of heart attack, and symptoms of cardiac arrest.
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Aug 19th, 2008
Ultrasound imaging could help identify patients at high risk for a heart attack or other adverse cardiovascular events.
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Aug 14th, 2008
Lifesaving procedures to open blocked heart arteries could begin much sooner for heart attack patients if electrocardiograms were recorded before they arrive at the hospital and used to put treatment teams into action.
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Jul 31st, 2008
An implanted patch that delivers cells to damaged heart muscle may prevent heart failure after a heart attack.
