Triple antiplatelet therapy better than double Jun 17, 2010
Data were extracted on composite VEs, myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, death and bleeding and analysed with Cochrane Review Manager software ... 88) and ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) (VE: OR 0. (BioMed Central)
Ingelheim affirms safety of telmisartan with an analysis of 50,000 patients and strongly disagrees with the publication of Sipahi et al in Lancet Oncology June 2010 Pharmaceutical Writers/Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers Jun 14, 2010
"Our research efforts have centred on the need to protect patients, especially older patients from cardiovascular risks such as myocardial infarction or stroke. Telmisartan fulfills this need. It is the only ARB which has cardiovascular protection in its label and has become a valuable treatment option in the management of hypertension and cardiovascular risk. Doctors and patients appreciate its excellent safety profile. In pre-clinical trials, clinical trials and day-to-day patient exposure... (OregonLive, OR -- Business)
Health Plan Reports Major Drop in Heart Attacks Jun 11, 2010
STEMI (segment elevation myocardial infarction) is an acronym derived from the electrocardiogram pattern of the most severe heart attacks, the ones mostly likely to cause permanent disability or death. Myocardial infarction is the formal medical term for a heart attack. (MEDLINEplus)
Population Trends in the Incidence and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Jun 10, 2010
Background Few studies have characterized recent population trends in the incidence and outcomes of myocardial infarction. Methods We identified patients 30 years of age or older in a large, diverse, community-based population who were hospitalized for incident myocardial infarction between 1999 and 2008 ... Age- and sex-adjusted incidence rates were calculated for myocardial infarction overall and separately for ST-segment elevation and non ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Uninsured Americans have 50 percent higher odds of dying in hospital from heart attack or stroke Jun 10, 2010
An analysis of over 150,000 hospital discharges has revealed that there are significant insurance related differences in hospital mortality, length of stay, and costs among working-age Americans (age 18-64 years) hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), stroke, or pneumonia. These three conditions are among the leading causes of non-cancer in-patient deaths in patients under 65 years old. (EurekAlert!)
Biomarkers and acute myocardial infarction Jun 8, 2010
Biomarkers in acute myocardial infarction ... Myocardial infarction causes significant mortality and morbidity ... Biomarkers have been used to assist with timely diagnosis, while an increasing number of novel markers have been identified to predict outcome following an acute myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndrome. (BioMed Central)
Treating Heart Attack Past Recommended Time May Significantly Increase Risk of Death Jun 4, 2010
ScienceDaily (June 3, 2010) An examination of the treatment received by patients with myocardial infarction (heart attack) at 80 hospitals in Quebec indicates that those who received either primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI; such as angioplasty) or fibrinolysis (administration of medication to dissolve blood clots) beyond the times recommended in international guidelines had a significantly increased risk of death within 30 days, along with an increased risk of the combined... (Science Daily)
CoaguSense device gets FDA approval Jun 2, 2010
CoaguSense in-home device gets FDA approval - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal. for free extra services. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Heart-healthy Lifestyle Good for th... Jun 1, 2010
Optimal control of vascular risk factors, secondary prevention of stroke, and manipulation of lifestyle factors have demonstrated efficacy in prevention of stroke and myocardial infarction. Thus, adding dementia prevention and brain function preservation as goals to already existing or planned prevention efforts is appropriate and necessary. (Suite101.com)
Study pinpoints new role of molecule in the health of body's back-up blood circulation May 26, 2010
They could one day enable researchers to predict people's risk for catastrophic stroke, myocardial infarction, or peripheral artery disease. Such knowledge could inform individuals with poor collateral capacity to adopt a lifestyle that can help reduce their chances of getting diseases that could further lower their number of collateral vessels. (EurekAlert!)
Arizona's Smoking Ban Reduced Hospital Visits May 24, 2010
Their results: Admissions for acute myocardial infarction or AMI, stroke, asthma and angina decreased following the implementation of the ban ... Hospital Admissions for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Angina, Stroke, and Asthma After Implementation of Arizona's Comprehensive Statewide Smoking Ban. (Science Daily)
Little science behind health scare headlines May 24, 2010
It makes the choice pretty simple: bacon is tastier than ceaseless phone chat, and myocardial infarction a lot less painful than a brain tumour. That said, it would be foolish to rule out the possibility that you've eaten a bacon sandwich while on the phone - in which case it's not a choice but a double whammy. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Could slightly high blood sugar cause neuropathy? May 22, 2010
It is very possible for someone with numbers that are considered pre-diabetes to have some of the complications of diabetes This is especially true of big vessel disease such as myocardial infarction (heart attack), stroke and peripheral vascular disease. Retinopathy, neuropathy and kidney disease are rarer in pre-diabetics but can occur, especially in someone who has pre-diabetes and hypertension (high blood pressure). (CNN -- Health)
Sanofi-aventis Initiates 10,000 Patient Study With Multaq(R) in Permanent Atrial Fibrillation May 12, 2010
major cardiovascular events (stroke, systemic arterial embolism, myocardial infarction or cardiovascular death) or 2 ... Required risk factors include age above 65 years with at least one of the following major risk factors: systemic arterial embolism, myocardial infarction, documented coronary artery disease, prior stroke, symptomatic heart failure, or the combination of age above 75 years, hypertension and diabetes mellitus ... Major cardiovascular events (stroke, systemic arterial embolism,... (Canada Newswire)
New Protein Involved in Longevity Identified May 8, 2010
ScienceDaily (May 7, 2010) Researchers in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Thomas Jefferson University have found that the level of a single protein in the tiny roundworm C. elegans determines how long it lives. Worms born without this protein, called arrestin, lived about one-third longer than normal, while worms that had triple the amount of arrestin lived one-third less. (Science Daily)
Transplanted Adult Stem Cells Provide Lasting Help to Injured Hearts May 8, 2010
Human CD34 Cells in Experimental Myocardial Infarction. Long-Term Survival, Sustained Functional Improvement, and Mechanism of Action. (Science Daily)
Heart Attack Risk Doubles After COPD Exacerbation, Study Finds May 8, 2010
ScienceDaily (May 4, 2010) Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who experience an exacerbation have an increased risk for both myocardial infarctions (MI) and ischemic stroke ... Increased risk of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke following Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. (Science Daily)
New Atherosclerosis Vaccine Gives Promising Results May 7, 2010
Vaccination against the receptor that the T cells use to recognise LDL can block the immune reaction and reduce the disease by between 60 and 70 per cent. The vaccine has been successfully tested on animals and the researchers are now hoping to see if it can be developed into a treatment for patients with a high risk of myocardial infarction and stroke. The researchers also now believe that their results explain why antioxidants are ineffective against cardiovascular disease when they have been... (Science Daily)
Everolimus-Eluting versus Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents May 6, 2010
The primary end point was the 1-year composite rate of target-lesion failure (defined as cardiac death, target-vessel myocardial infarction, or ischemia-driven target-lesion revascularization) ... 001) and were noninferior with respect to the major secondary end point of the 1-year composite rate of cardiac death or target-vessel myocardial infarction (P<0 ... The 1-year rates of myocardial infarction and stent thrombosis were also lower with everolimus-eluting stents than with... (New England Journal of Medicine)
Study finds everolimus-eluting stent safer, more effective than paclitaxel-eluting stent May 6, 2010
The composite rates of cardiac death or target-vessel myocardial infarction through one year were not statistically different with the 2 stents (2 ... The one-year rates of myocardial infarction and stent thrombosis, however, were also lower with everolimus-eluting stents than with paclitaxel-eluting stents (1 ... 1 percent for myocardial infarction and 0. (EurekAlert!)
Medical City takes aim at heart attacks May 1, 2010
This technology could help save the lives of patients experiencing STEMI (ST-elevation myocardial infarction), a form of heart attack that impedes or blocks blood flow to the heart. The partnership makes Dallas the second-largest city in the United States whose primary 911 agency is outfitted with the Lifenet system. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
Vitamin B Damages Diabetic Kidneys Apr 30, 2010
Observational studies have shown a link between high concentrations of plasma total homocysteine and the risk of developing diabetic nephropathy, retinopathy, and vascular diseases, including myocardial infarction and stroke. Meanwhile, B-vitamin therapy using folic acid, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 has been shown to lower the plasma concentration of homocysteine. (Newsmax)
ACCORD and Risk-Factor Control in Type 2 Diabetes Apr 29, 2010
Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus without a history of myocardial infarction have the same risk of a coronary event as patients without diabetes who do have a history of myocardial infarction. 1 This observation was part of the basis for the recommendation by the Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) of the National Cholesterol Education Program that diabetes should be considered a "coronary heart disease risk equivalent" and a target for aggressive reduction of risk factors. (New England Journal of Medicine)
CRESTOR(TM) Gains New EU Indication to Prevent Major Cardiovascular Events in High Risk Patients Apr 27, 2010
In a post-hoc analysis of a high-risk subgroup of subjects (9302 subjects total) with a baseline SCORE risk greater than or equal to 5% (extrapolated to include subjects above 65 yrs) there was a significant reduction in the combined end-point of cardiovascular death, stroke and myocardial infarction (p=0. 0003) on rosuvastatin treatment versus placebo. (Canada Newswire)
Time to just do it Apr 24, 2010
Sex education in the fifth grade will give you the flowchart, but thats like the plastic model of a heart equipping you to handle Acute Myocardial Infarction. Yes, theres porn doing its two bits for the avid learner, but theres an unfortunate fallout of that education. (India Times, India)
Effect of Nateglinide on the Incidence of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Events Apr 23, 2010
We evaluated the effect of nateglinide on the occurrence of three coprimary outcomes: the development of diabetes; a core cardiovascular outcome that was a composite of death from cardiovascular causes, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, or hospitalization for heart failure; and an extended cardiovascular outcome that was a composite of the individual components of the core composite cardiovascular outcome, hospitalization for unstable angina, or arterial revascularization. Results... (New England Journal of Medicine)
WFU Baptist earns gold seal in 5 programs Apr 17, 2010
The five disease-specific care programs include joint hip, joint knee, advanced primary stroke center, acute myocardial infarction and heart failure. Reviewers from Wake Forest Baptist said The Joint Commission did not identify any requirements for improvement for any of the programs. (Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area)
Dual Antiplatelet Therapy and Drug-Eluting Stents Apr 15, 2010
The primary end point was a composite of myocardial infarction or death from cardiac causes ... The individual risks of myocardial infarction, stroke, stent thrombosis, need for repeat revascularization, major bleeding, and death from any cause did not differ significantly between the two groups ... However, in the dual-therapy group as compared with the aspirin-alone group, there was a nonsignificant increase in the composite risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, or death from any cause... (New England Journal of Medicine)
Magnetic Attraction of Stem Cells Creates More Potent Treatment for Heart Attack Apr 11, 2010
Magnetic Targeting Enhances Engraftment and Functional Benefit of Iron-Labeled Cardiosphere-Derived Cells in Myocardial Infarction ... 9, 2008) Recent studies indicate that infusing hearts with stem cells taken from bone marrow could improve cardiac function after myocardial infarction (tissue damage that results from a heart attack). (Science Daily)
An Explanation for the So-Called 'Broken-Heart Syndrome' Apr 9, 2010
An explanation for the so-called 'broken-heart syndrome. An Explanation for the So-Called 'Broken-Heart Syndrome. (Science Daily)
Military Update: New Agent Orange rule to allow retro claims Apr 4, 2010
"IHD" can include, but is not limited to, acute, subacute and old myocardial infarction; atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease including coronary artery disease (or spasm) and coronary bypass surgery, and stable, unstable and Prinzmetal's angina. Because IHD is a heart disease it "does not include hypertension or peripheral manifestations of arteriosclerosis such as peripheral vascular disease or stroke," the draft regulation explains. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Sensitive Cardiac Troponin T Assay Apr 1, 2010
24 issue)1 report that an increased level of cardiac troponin T, as measured by a new, high-sensitivity assay, was associated with the incidence of death from cardiovascular causes and heart failure but not with myocardial infarction in patients with stable coronary artery disease. The investigators raise three major doubts about the usefulness of this marker, especially in already overcrowded emergency departments. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Four Wisconsin hospitals among top 100 list Mar 31, 2010
The Thomson Reuters study evaluates performance in 10 areas: mortality, medical complications, patient safety, average length of stay, expenses, profitability, patient satisfaction, adherence to clinical standards of care, and post-discharge mortality and readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and pneumonia. This year s study magnified the value that 100 Top Hospital award winners provide to their communities. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
Reuters: St. David's Austin medical center among top in nation Mar 30, 2010
The study evaluates hospitals based on performance in 10 areas: mortality, medical complications, patient safety, average length of stay, expenses, profitability, patient satisfaction, adherence to clinical care standards, and post-discharge mortality and readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia. Researchers evaluated 2,926 short-term, acute care and non-federal hospitals and used public information including Medicare cost reports, Medicare Provider... (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Gaston Memorial among Top 100 Hospitals Mar 30, 2010
The study evaluated hospitals on mortality, medical complications, patient safety, average length of stay, expenses, profitability, patient satisfaction, adherence to clinical standards of care, and post-discharge mortality and readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and pneumonia. Click to view Thomson Reuters full list. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
Rose named a top 100 hospital Mar 30, 2010
Thomson Reuters said it evaluated hospitals on mortality, medical complications, patient safety, average length of stay, expenses, profitability, patient satisfaction, adherence to clinical standards of care, and post-discharge mortality and readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia. "Even during the economic downturn, the 100 top hospitals maintained a profit from operations while raising the bar for clinical quality and patient satisfaction, Jean... (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Genetic Variation Linked to Possible Protection Against Sudden Cardiac Arrest Mar 27, 2010
Unlike heart attacks (myocardial infarction), which are typically caused by clogged coronary arteries reducing blood flow to the heart muscle, sudden cardiac arrest is the result of defective electrical impulses. Patients may have little or no warning, and the disorder usually causes nearly instantaneous death. (Science Daily)
Hospital Volume and 30-Day Mortality for Three Common Medical Conditions Mar 25, 2010
Background The association between hospital volume and the death rate for patients who are hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia remains unclear ... Methods We conducted cross-sectional analyses of data from Medicare administrative claims for all fee-for-service beneficiaries who were hospitalized between 2004 and 2006 in acute care hospitals in the United States for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia ... Results There were 734,972... (New England Journal of Medicine)
Radiotherapy Can Cause Lasting Vascular Disease: Changes in Gene Expression to Blame, Research Suggests Mar 23, 2010
Epidemiological studies have shown that a course of radiotherapy increases the risk of cardiovascular disease in the same part of the body; for example, myocardial infarction after left-side breast cancer treatment, or stroke after the treatment of head and neck or brain tumours. Scientists know very little, however, about the biological causes of these serious side-effects, which often do not appear until many years following treatment. (Science Daily)
Older Non-Smokers Gain Most from Tobacco Ban, Study Suggests Mar 22, 2010
Assessing the effects of the introduction of the New Zealand Smokefree Environment Act 2003 on Acute Myocardial Infarction hospital admissions in Christchurch, New Zealand. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2009; 33 (6): 515 DOI. (Science Daily)
Variability as Well as High Blood Pressure Holds High Risk of Stroke Mar 22, 2010
In one study, Rothwell s team found that variability of blood pressure between visits to clinics was a strong predictor of stroke, heart failure, angina, and myocardial infarction, independent of the patient s mean blood pressure. In contrast to assumptions in current guidelines that patients with only occasional high readings do not require treatment, they show that such patients have a high risk of stroke and other complications. (Science Daily)
'India will report 1.6m stroke cases a year by 2015' Mar 21, 2010
The guidelines say special attention should be paid to onset of symptoms, recent stroke, myocardial infarction, seizure, trauma, surgery, bleeding, pregnancy and use of anticoagulation/insulin/antihypertensives and history of modifiable risk factors like hypertension, diabetes, smoking, heart disease and migraine. Under early supportive care, patients should be advised to undertake activities like sitting, standing or walking only with caution. (India Times, India)
Platelet Inhibition with Cangrelor Mar 18, 2010
In the study by Harrington et al., 996 patients with myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation were enrolled ... In our institution, such drugs could not be administered to 2% of patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction who underwent primary PCI. Such patients include those who have undergone intubation after cardiac arrest or who. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Treating Vitamin D Deficiency Significantly Reduces Heart Disease Risk, Studies Find Mar 18, 2010
In the second study, researchers placed over 31,000 patients into three categories based on their levels of vitamin D. The patients in each category who increased their vitamin D levels to 43 nanograms per milliliter of blood or higher had lower rates of death, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, heart failure, high blood pressure, depression, and kidney failure. Currently, a level of 30 nanograms per milliliter is considered "normal.". (Science Daily)
Urban Pollution Affects Cardiac Function: Initial Results in the Healthy Rat Mar 18, 2010
But they placed the cardiac cells under a chronic state of stress, so that if an additional stress occurred, such as myocardial infarction, the consequences for the heart would be more severe. The same two research teams (Avignon and Montpellier) have also recently shown that chronic exposure to CO increases the cardiac damage induced by myocardial infarction to a very significant degree. (Science Daily)
Signs of a Heart Attack Mar 16, 2010
One of the most common causes of death in the developed world is a myocardial infarction ... The chief symptom of a myocardial infarction is, according to one patient, the feeling of an elephant sitting on one s chest. (Suite101.com)
EXCEL trial will determine safety and efficacy of drug-eluting stents vs. bypass surgery Mar 14, 2010
The primary endpoint is the composite incidence of death, myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke at a median follow-up duration of 3 years, powered for sequential non-inferiority and superiority testing. The major secondary endpoint is the composite incidence of death, MI, stroke or unplanned repeat revascularization. (EurekAlert!)
Cutting Off Blood Flow Limits Damage During Heart Attack Mar 2, 2010
"For patients being transported to the hospital for acute myocardial infarction [heart attack], we inflated the blood pressure cuff for five minutes, relaxed it and repeated it four times," said study author Dr. Hans Erik Botker, a professor of cardiology at Aarhus University Hospital in Skejby ... "We did a series of pilot studies simulating models of myocardial infarction. We did find it beneficial and went through the litany of what would be rational and effective. Essentially, in a nutshell,... (MEDLINEplus)
EPIC study finds new embolic protection device had 97.5 percent success rate during carotid artery stenting Mar 1, 2010
A research team led by Subbarao Myla, M.D, FSCAI, evaluated the safety and efficacy of this new design concept for embolic protection during CAS. The study was designed to demonstrate that the 30-day major adverse event (MAE) rate of all death, stroke, and myocardial infarction (MI) is significantly less than the performance goal of 8. 3% from the ARCHeR 3 results. (EurekAlert!)
Bone marrow cell transplants to benefit those with heart disease Feb 24, 2010
The study, carried out at the Navy General Hospital in Beijing, evaluated 40 patients with severe heart failure following myocardial infarction. Twenty patients were assigned to receive BMMC transplants and 20 received standard medication. (EurekAlert!)
* Wash-out strands 1,700 Feb 21, 2010
Doctors said the death was due to acute myocardial infarction brought on by heavy drinking and low temperatures. In related news, the cold weather this year has at least made residents of the Penghu archipelago happy during the Lunar New Year holiday as they have had an abundant seaweed harvest. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Projected Effect of Dietary Salt Reductions on Future Cardiovascular Disease Feb 18, 2010
Results Reducing dietary salt by 3 g per day is projected to reduce the annual number of new cases of CHD by 60,000 to 120,000, stroke by 32,000 to 66,000, and myocardial infarction by 54,000 to 99,000 and to reduce the annual number of deaths from any cause by 44,000 to 92,000. All segments of the population would benefit, with blacks benefiting proportionately more, women benefiting particularly from stroke reduction, older adults from reductions in CHD events, and younger adults from lower... (New England Journal of Medicine)
* Kaohsiung man dies after marathon session of mahjong Feb 17, 2010
Liu Ching-kuan (Be), head of the hospital, told reporters yesterday that Wu, who had a history of heart disease, died of myocardial infarction. Liu said Wu had played mahjong, drunk alcohol and smoked consecutively for 10 hours. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Low Levels of Natural Antibodies Behind Stroke Feb 13, 2010
rd, has previously demonstrated that high levels of a certain type of antibody (anti-PC) in the immune defence are linked to a reduced risk of arteriosclerosis, a common cause of thrombosis and myocardial infarction. In the present study, published in the journal Stroke, the researchers focused exclusively on stroke -- a blood clot in the brain -- and compared 227 individuals who had suffered stroke over a 13-year period with 445 sex and age-matched controls. (Science Daily)
Women with gout at greater risk of heart attack than men Feb 8, 2010
Independent risk of gout on the risk of acute myocardial infarction among elderly women: A population-based study. Women with gout are at greater risk of a heart attack than men with the disease, indicates research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. (EurekAlert!)
Cord blood-derived CD133+ cells improve cardiac function after myocardial infarction Feb 4, 2010
Researchers at the Pontifcia Universidade Catlica do Paran and Instituto Carlos Chagas have evaluated the therapeutic potential of purified and expanded CD133+ cells human umbilical cord blood (HUCB)-derived in treating myocardial infarction by intramyocardially injecting them into a rat model. Patients who have high cardiovascular risks have fewer endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) and their EPCs exhibit greater in vitro senescence. (EurekAlert!)
Smoking Cessation Significantly Increases Cardiac Health Later in Life Feb 4, 2010
The data covered more than 1,500 patients, 65 years old or less, who were discharged from hospitals in 1992 and 1993 in central Israel, all after their first acute myocardial infarction. At the time of their first heart attack, 27% of the men in the study had never smoked, some 20% reported being former smokers, while more than half admitted to being current smokers. (Science Daily)
Hospital receives 'perfect score' for care Feb 4, 2010
Posted: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 4:13 PM CST At an annual Catholic Health Care West conference held in Southern California recently, Mark Twain St. Joseph's Hospital received recognition for achieving perfect care for acute myocardial infarction for fiscal year 2009. The award is based on diagnosis and treatment of patients who came to the emergency department with heart attack symptoms. (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)
Severe complications of diabetes higher in depressed patients Jan 28, 2010
Among their research volunteers with type 2 diabetes followed over 5 years, major depression was associated with a 36 percent higher risk of developing advanced micro-vascular complications, such as end-stage kidney disease or blindness, and a 25 percent higher risk of developing advanced macrovascular complications, such as stroke or myocardial infarction (heart attack from a blood clot), compared with diabetes patients without depression. The clinically significant risks remained even after... (EurekAlert!)
SCOUT Trial Results Reveal Meridia ... Jan 28, 2010
a medical history positive for a cardiovascular event e.g. myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, or coronary artery disease; or. Type 2 Diabetes alongside another risk factor and a medical history of a previous cardiovascular event. (Suite101.com)
Home Is Best for Cardiac Rehabilitation, New Study Finds Jan 27, 2010
The study, which included data from 1938 participants, from several countries (UK, USA, Canada, Italy, China, Turkey and Iran) found that there was no difference between home based and centre based rehabilitation for a number of issues including mortality, cardiac events, exercise capacity, risk factors that can be modified (such as smoking, high blood pressure, total cholesterol) and quality of life in people at a low risk of further events after myocardial infarction or revascularisation. The... (Science Daily)
Defibrillator Implantation Early after Myocardial Infarction Jan 21, 2010
8 issue)1 conclude that prophylactic therapy with the use of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) early after a myocardial infarction did not reduce overall mortality among patients with clinical features that placed them at increased risk for death ... 2 In fact, prophylactic ICD therapy is indicated for patients with a previous myocardial infarction and a left ventricular ejection fraction of 40% or less only if they. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Primary screening for coronary heart disease Jan 21, 2010
Patients diagnosed with angina or acute myocardial infarction within the year following their initial visit comprised the coronary heart disease group. Results. (BioMed Central)
Systolic Heart Failure Jan 21, 2010
A 74-year-old man with a history of hypertension and myocardial infarction that occurred 5 years previously presents with breathlessness on exertion. His current medications include a statin and aspirin. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Heart Attack Jan 17, 2010
Feature Article of Sunday, 17 January 2010. You are here: Article 175226. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
