MIBHS

MARCH 31, 2025

When discussing heart health, heart attacks and cardiac arrest are two terms that are often mistaken for one another. Understanding the difference between heart attack and cardiac arrest can help in recognizing symptoms, seeking prompt medical care, and even saving lives. What is a Heart Attack?

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

APRIL 8, 2024

For heart attack patients, treating only the coronary artery that caused the infarction works just as well as preventive balloon dilation of the other coronary arteries, according to a new large study.

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DAIC

APRIL 16, 2024

Getty Images milla1cf Tue, 04/16/2024 - 12:43 April 16, 2024 — Each year more than 500,000 Americans undergo percutaneous coronary intervention , or PCI, a minimally invasive procedure to unclog the arteries that feed the heart. The results are published in PLOS ONE. Of the deaths that were considered preventable, 10.1%

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DAIC

MAY 3, 2024

Around 10% of Deaths from Coronary Stenting, Balloon Angioplasty are Preventable 9. 24: SGLT-2 Inhibitors Show Mixed Results After Heart Attack 10. New Study Published in JACC: Heart Failure Reveals that Despite Significant Efforts to Improve Acute Heart Failure Treatment Over the Past 20 Years, Management Remains Unchanged

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DAIC

MARCH 1, 2024

1,2 Serving as an alternative to traditional therapies such as balloon angioplasty, additional layers of stenting or radiation, the AGENT DCB is a paclitaxel-coated balloon catheter that transfers a therapeutic dose of drug to the vessel wall to help prevent ISR reoccurrence. vs. 28.7%; P=0.006).

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DAIC

MARCH 13, 2024

milla1cf Wed, 03/13/2024 - 16:52 March 13, 2024 — In the largest randomized clinical trial and first of its kind to date in the United States, a team led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) assessed the efficacy and safety of using a drug-coated balloon in patients undergoing coronary angioplasty.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

APRIL 9, 2024

When the heart is not able to pump enough blood for the needs of the body and the blood pressure falls, it is known as cardiogenic shock. Most important cause of cardiogenic shock is a heart attack. If cardiogenic shock is due to a heart attack, immediate angiography, and removal of the block by angioplasty are useful.

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