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- New Data Show Early Use of Anti-Platelet Therapy Reduced Combined Death or Subsequent Heart Attacks in High-Risk Heart Attack Patients
- This article focuses on treating high-risk acute coronary syndrome ACS patients with an anti-platelet medicine, known as a glycoprotein GP IIb-IIIa inhibitor, before interventional procedures such as angioplasty significantly reduced the in-hospital incidence of combined death or subsequent heart attacks, according to research presented today at the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular...
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- Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs--Brochure
- An easy-to-read brochure covering the actions that help in surviving a heart attack. Lists heart attack warning signs and common reasons for delay in seeking care; dispels a common misunderstanding about the "movie heart attack;" outlines the steps in making a heart attack survival plan; describes who is at risk...
- White papers 2001-09-01
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- Heart attack care target missed
- New figures have revealed that a government target to provide follow-up care for heart attack victims has still not been met after seven years. A British Heart Foundation audit involving 83,540 heart attack sufferers revealed that only 34 per cent of heart attack sufferers are later involved in a cardiac...
- News items 2009-08-24
- Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs: Your Heart, Your Life - A Lay Health Educator's Manual
- This lesson plan is part of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's NHLBI heart attack education campaign, Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs. Designed for easy use by promotores or professionals, this small group discussion plan contains everything needed to plan and conduct a one-hour small group session...
- White papers 2003-04-01
- -YALE UNIVERSITY: Women younger than age 75 twice as likely to die as men after heart attack.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-16 October 1998-YALE UNIVERSITY: Women younger than age 75 twice as likely to die as men after heart attack, according to Yale School of Medicine study C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:151098 New Haven, Conn. -- Among heart attack patients younger than...
- Research articles 1998-10-16
- Race and sex disparities in heart attack care, survival not improving.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-18 August 2005-YALE UNIVERSITY: Race and sex disparities in heart attack care, survival not improving C1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17082005 New Haven, Conn. - Differences based on race and sex in treatment patterns for hospitalized American heart attack...
- Research articles 2005-08-18
- Black and Hispanic patients wait longer for heart attack treatment.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-6 October 2004-YALE UNIVERSITY: Black and Hispanic patients wait longer for heart attack treatmentC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10052004 New Haven, Conn. - Black and Hispanic patients experience marked delays in heart attack treatment compared with whites, Yale researchers report...
- Research articles 2004-10-06
- Heart attack ruled work-related.(rules & Regs)(Extensive job stress leads to heart attack)(Brief Article)
- The New York State Workers' Compensation Board ruled recently that a fatal heart attack was work-related because the victim had been subjected to nearly four years of harassment by his employer and his employer's attorneys in connection with an earlier workers' compensation claim. ...
- Research articles 2004-09-01
- Taking it to heart; Availability of emergency angioplasty could be key to best outcomes for heart attack patients--but offering the service might not be so healthy for a hospital's finances.(Medical Advances)
- Byline: Cinda Becker A study published last August that compared one of healthcare's hottest topics-coronary angioplasty-with medication in the treatment of heart attacks dropped a potential bombshell on community and rural hospitals that cannot provide interventional cardiac services. Heart attack...
- Research articles 2004-01-12
- Smoking, heart attack link
- Smoking, heart attack link About 5 to 10 percent of heart attack victims don't have significant hardening of the arteries. But a disproportionate number of them, especially in the younger age groups, are smokers, says Michael J. Pecora of Emory University in Atlanta. While this association does...
- Research articles 1986-12-06
- Heart attack hits CU coach's father
- The father of Colorado Buffaloes coach Ceal Barry was recovering Wednesday from a heart procedure performed after he suffered a heart attack. Tom Barry, 79, was listed in stable condition in the intensive care unit at Boulder Community Hospital, a nursing supervisor said on Tuesday. No update was...
- Research articles 2003-03-27
- Simple blood test predicts heart attack and stroke risk
- WASHINGTON AFP — A simple blood test can foretell with strong probability a person's risk of heart attack or stroke and the likelihood cardiovascular disease sufferers will die of their illness, according to a US study published. The research involving 987 men and women suffering from stable coronary disease found...
- Research articles 2007-01-09
- Diabetes drug Avandia increases heart attack risk: report
- WASHINGTON AFP — An analysis of four clinical trials involving more than 14,000 patients found that diabetes medication Avandia rosiglitazone taken over a lengthy period of time increases the risk of heart attack by 42 percent, a report released Tuesday said. It marks one of the first studies to...
- Research articles 2007-09-11
- US DEPT OF HHS: Ultrasonography predicts heart attack/stroke risk.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-7 January 1999-US DEPT OF HHS: Ultrasonography predicts heart attack/stroke risk C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:070199 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute NHLBI- supported scientists report that ultrasonography, a non-invasive test, predicts the risk of heart attack and stroke in...
- Research articles 1999-01-07
- Specific strategic plans ensure timely emergency care for heart attack patients.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-15 November 2006-YALE UNIVERSITY: Specific strategic plans ensure timely emergency care for heart attack patientsC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14112006 New Haven, Conn. - Hospitals that provide the most rapid emergency angioplasty have specific strategies to expedite the care of patients...
- Research articles 2006-11-15
- Women under age 60 have higher mortality rates than men in the two years following a heart attack.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-2 March 2001-YALE UNIVERSITY: Women under age 60 have higher mortality rates than men in the two years following a heart attack C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02032001 New Haven, Conn. -- Women under the age of 60 have a...
- Research articles 2001-03-02
- Study offers hope of cutting sudden heart attack deaths
- PARIS AFP — Grafting gene-altered cells onto cardiac tissue damaged by a heart attack dramatically reduces the risk of sudden death in mice and could one day do the same for humans, said a study released Wednesday. One in seven heart attack victims die abruptly within three years, mostly...
- Research articles 2007-12-05
- Exercise Helps Heart Attack Patients Who Are Depressed, Without Social Support.
- Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., May 4 AScribe Newswire -- Heart attack patients who are depressed or without social support are more than twice as likely to die of a second heart attack if they do not exercise, according the results of a large-scale...
- Research articles 2004-05-03
- Valentine's: The Perfect Time to Reduce Stress and Heart Attack Risk With Mantra Music
- With Valentine's Day around the corner, matters of the heart are top of everyone's mind, and not just matters concerning romantic love. Doctors at Harvard University recently found that just one bout with anger can increase the risk of heart attack within two hours for those prone to irregular...
- Research articles 2007-01-30
- Millennium Announces Initiation of Phase III Clinical Trial of INTEGRILIN (Eptifibatide) Injection in Heart Attack Patients
- In this article Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. describes the initiation of a phase III clinical trial of INTEGRILIN in patients experiencing an ST- segment elevation myocardial infarction STEMI, or heart attack. The trial, known as ADVANCE MI (ADdressing the Value of Facilitated ANgioplasty after Combination Therapy or Eptifibatide Monotherapy in Acute...
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