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Faster Treatment For Heart Attack Patients Taken Directly To PCI Hospitals
Medical News Today (UK) - 12/05/2012
Heart attack patients in North Carolina who were rushed directly to hospitals equipped to do percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) received treatment significantly faster than patients first taken to hospitals unequipped to perform PCI and then later transferred for treatment, according to research reported at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research 2012 Scientific Sessions. The study focused on the most serious form of heart attack, ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
Stem Cell Study Shows Promising Results Against Heart Failure
MedicineNet (US) - 12/05/2012
Title: Stem Cell Study Shows Promising Results Against Heart FailureCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/10/2012 6:06:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 5/11/2012 12:00:00 AM
Black Africans Less Apt to Develop Heart Rhythm Disorder Than Whites
MedicineNet (US) - 12/05/2012
Title: Black Africans Less Apt to Develop Heart Rhythm Disorder Than WhitesCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/10/2012 4:05:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 5/11/2012 12:00:00 AM
Surprise gift for new mom: A new heart
Science Daily (US) - 11/05/2012
New mom Windy Hill, 38, was given the ultimate Mother’s Day gift a little early after she was wheeled into the operating room at on April 20 to receive a mechanical pump to aid her failing heart and save her life.
Program to Coordinate Regional Systems to Speed Heart Attack Care
American Heart Association - 11/05/2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, May 11, 2012
DURHAM, N.C. – Competing cardiac care teams in some of the nation’s most populated areas will start working together to markedly reduce the time from heart attack to treatment as part...
Depression in heart failure patients hits men hardest
American Heart Association - 11/05/2012
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Depression and reports of having poor quality of life are more likely in male heart failure patients than in women or men without heart failure, according to research presented at the...
In Standard Heart Failure Treatment, Study Finds No Difference In Results By Race
Medical News Today (UK) - 11/05/2012
A traditional treatment for heart failure appears to be equally protective in preventing death or hospitalization among African-American patients, as compared to white patients, according to a study at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) are standard heart failure treatments.
Statins May Help Prevent Irregular Heartbeat in Elderly
MedicineNet (US) - 11/05/2012
Title: Statins May Help Prevent Irregular Heartbeat in ElderlyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/9/2012 8:07:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 5/10/2012 12:00:00 AM
Massachusetts health insurance reform hasn’t significantly improved heart attack readmission rates
American Heart Association - 10/05/2012
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A 2006 Massachusetts law that increased health insurance to near-universal levels has not significantly reduced overall heart attack readmission rates, or reduced the gaps in readmission...
Heart Attack Death Rates Higher When Patient Lives Near Highway
Medical News Today (UK) - 10/05/2012
Major highways pose a considerable risk to heart attack survivors living in close vicinity. Findings of the study, published in the May 7 issue of Circulation, report that researchers from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center conclude that housing developments need to be isolated from areas with heavy traffic.
People 'needlessly avoid sex after heart attacks'
NHS Choices (UK) - 10/05/2012
Thousands of heart attack survivors are too worried to have sex because they fear it will trigger another attack, the Daily Mail has reported today.
People 'needlessly avoid sex after heart attacks'
Behind the Headlines (NHS, UK) - 10/05/2012
Thousands of heart attack survivors are too worried to have sex because they fear it will trigger another attack, the Daily Mail has reported today.
Heart attack patients taken to PCI hospitals first treated faster
American Heart Association - 10/05/2012
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Patients taken directly to a hospital equipped to treat heart attacks with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) received treatments an average of 31 minutes faster than patients first taken to a hospital without PCI capability and...
Deaths, complications decline among older patients undergoing heart valve procedures
American Heart Association - 10/05/2012
THURSDAY NEWS TIPMay 10, 2012
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A significant increase in the number of heart valve repair and replacement surgeries in patients age 85 and older has been accompanied by an unexpected improvement in outcomes, with...
Sex and your heart
British Heart Foundation - 10/05/2012
Patients need advice to help resume a healthy sex life after a heart attack
Heart Attack Victims Need Guidance From Their Doctor Regarding A Return To Sexual Activity
Medical News Today (UK) - 10/05/2012
Patients who were sexually active before suffering a heart attack were one and a half times more likely to recapture their sex lives if they received guidance on the topic before leaving the hospital, a new study finds.
Viagra May Benefit Cardiac Function In Young Patients With Heart Defects
Medical News Today (UK) - 10/05/2012
Sildenafil, also known as the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra, may give a boost to underdeveloped hearts in children and young adults with congenital heart defects. Researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia report that sildenafil significantly improved echocardiographic measures of heart function in children and young adult survivors of single ventricle heart disease palliation...
Irregular Heartbeat Poses Greater Stroke Risk for Women Than Men
MedicineNet (US) - 10/05/2012
Title: Irregular Heartbeat Poses Greater Stroke Risk for Women Than MenCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/8/2012 6:05:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 5/9/2012 12:00:00 AM
Elderly women with irregular heart beat at higher risk for stroke
Science Daily (US) - 09/05/2012
Older women who have been diagnosed with an irregular heart beat are at higher risk of stroke than men. A new study shows that warfarin, the most common anticoagulant therapy used to prevent stroke in patients with Atrial fibrillation may not be as effective in women, 75 years or older, as in men.
Doctors should counsel heart attack patients after surgery to restart their sex lives
Daily Mail (UK) - 09/05/2012
Doctors need to do more to reassure heart attack patients it is okay to resume their love life, the American Journal of Cardiology reports. Films like 'Something's Gotta Give' may put them off the practice.
