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Chelation Therapy Does Not Improve Outcomes after Heart Attack

DAIC

The TACT2 study was designed to replicate the results of a previous trial, TACT , which reported in 2012 that chelation reduced subsequent cardiovascular events after a heart attack. and Canadian patients with diabetes and a history of heart attack,” said Gervasio A. and Canada.

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How High Blood Pressure Affects Your Heart and What You Can Do About It

MIBHS

This condition, called atherosclerosis, narrows the arteries, restricting blood flow and increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. This condition reduces blood flow to the heart, increasing the risk of angina (chest pain) and heart attacks.

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MINOCA : When a heart attack is not a heart attack

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

On the basis of these findings we told her that she had suffered a heart attack. She asked me why I felt she had had a heart attack and I explained to her that she had had chest pains and the blood test indicating damage to the heart was elevated and that was all we needed to say that she had had a heart attack.

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Lowering Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events by Treating Residual Inflammatory Risk

DAIC

3 Patients with ASCVD are at a higher risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) including heart attack or myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, and cardiovascular (CV) death.4 milligrams per liter (mg/L) are linked to increased risk of heart attacks or risk of a repeat heart attack.23

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Abstract TP136: STRACK: A Continuum of Stroke Care, Improving Post-Stroke and Cardiometabolic Patient Outcomes

Stroke Journal

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP136-ATP136, February 1, 2025. Once these post-stroke patients have been identified, they are given a personalized monitoring plan depending on the individuals risk factors, the personalized care and rehabilitation plans are tracked and followed.

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The Hidden Toll of Chronic Stress on Your Heart Health

MIBHS

While this response is adaptive in the short term, chronic stress keeps your blood pressure elevated for extended periods, increasing your risk of hypertension (high blood pressure) and its associated complications, such as heart disease and stroke.

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The “open data” movement runs aground on FOURIER

Dr. Anish Koka

LDL floats around in the blood stream and is thought to incrementally accumulate on blood vessels in the body, ultimately increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. The positive results described were driven almost entirely by fewer heart attacks, and fewer revascularization procedures in the evolucumab arm.