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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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JUNE 28, 2024

A heart attack is a life-threatening condition, with patients remaining at risk of premature death long after the actual attack—50% to 60% of patients die subsequently as a result of sudden cardiac death, triggered by cardiac arrhythmia.

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DAIC

JANUARY 19, 2024

Chugh directs the Heart Rhythm Center at the Smidt Heart Institute, where a team focuses on diagnosis and treatment of slow, irregular or fast heartbeats and conducts research into the causes and potential treatments of these abnormal heart rhythms.

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Physiologically Speaking

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

A comprehensive list of marathon-related deaths on Wikipedia contains 47 cases of “death by marathon” in the U.S. A list of the causes of death reveals an underlying pattern. Many, but not all, are cardiac-related issues (i.e., heart attack, arrhythmia, underlying congenital heart abnormality).

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Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

MARCH 19, 2024

“Doctor, I forgot to tell, my father died suddenly at the age of 48 apparently by a heart attack” I must admit, I was taken aback the moment he told this. He said a screening test called cardiac-arrhythmic genome analysis is available in certain European centers. When he was above to leave the office, he came back.

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