(DPA) - Heart attack victims who immediately receive an angioplasty have a higher survival rate than those treated with fibrinolytic drugs, which is the usual procedure in many places, according to a report by the Munich-based DMW Deutsche Medizinische Wochenzeitschrift.
Fewer than half of heart attack patients in Germany are given an angioplasty, however, and nearly […]
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Medical College of Wisconsin researchers in Milwaukee have shown for the first time that thrombopoietin (TPO), a naturally occurring protein being developed as a pharmaceutical to increase platelet count in cancer patients during chemotherapy, can also protect the heart against injury during a heart attack.
The study, led by John E. Baker PhD, professor of pediatric […]
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Many women under age 55 aren’t seeking timely treatment for heart attack because they expect the warning signs and their reaction to follow a Hollywood script — tightening in the chest, shortness of breath, clutching the chest while dropping to one knee.
That’s the finding of researchers who presented their study at the American Heart Association’s […]
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Early diagnosis of a heart attack may now be possible using only a few drops of saliva and a new nano-bio-chip, a multi-institutional team led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin reported at a recent meeting of the American Association for Dental Research.
The nano-bio-chip assay could some day be used to analyze […]
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New research shows women who have weekly migraine are significantly more likely to have a stroke than those with fewer migraines or no migraine at all, but those with lower migraine frequency may face increased risk of heart attacks. The research will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting in […]
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Compared with those on placebos, giving heparin to people who have heart conditions like unstable angina and some forms of heart attack reduces the risk of having another heart attack, concluded a Cochrane Systematic Review.
However, heparin also increases the chance of suffering from minor bleeding. In each study the agents were given within 24 to […]
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Bad news for makers and buyers of home defibrillators was announced yesterday by U.S. researchers.
The first major study found no evidence that the devices, used in household settings, produced significant life-saving benefits.
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Long known for its role in preventing anemia in expectant mothers and spinal birth defects in newborns, the B vitamin folate, found in leafy green vegetables, beans and nuts has now been shown to blunt the damaging effects of heart attack when given in short-term, high doses to test animals.
In a new study, an international […]
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Scientists at the Center for Translational Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have shown that a specific signaling protein is crucial to protecting the heart and helping it to adapt during a heart attack.
The protein Gi is known to have increased activity in the failing heart, but researchers have never been sure if it […]
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Cocaine use may be a cause of chest pain as well as other heart attack symptoms in young patients, according to a new report released by the American Heart Association.
Younger ER patients should be asked if they’ve recently used cocaine. For these patients, honesty can be a matter of life or death: some heart attack […]
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