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Blood platelet score detects previously unmeasured risk of heart attack and stroke

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Platelets are circulating cell fragments known to clump up and form blood clots that stop bleeding in injured vessels.

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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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Relation Between Stroke and Heart Disease

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Strokes due to blocks in blood vessels, can be seen along with blocks in blood vessels of the heart. Stroke can occur after a heart attack as well. Heart attack damages a part of the heart muscle. This can lead to damage of the inner lining of the heart in that region.

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Drug to target form of previously untreatable life-threatening 'bad cholesterol'

Science Daily - Heart Disease

New research details the first oral drug for the treatment of a type of high cholesterol -- called Lp(a) -- that is a potentially more dangerous version of the so called 'bad' cholesterol, LDL, because it is stickier and may be more likely to cause blockages and blood clots in your arteries.

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15 Early Warning Signs Of Heart Disease You Should Lookout For

Wellnest

A human's health and well-being may suffer significantly after a heart attack. It occurs when blood flow to the coronary arteries is restricted, frequently by a blood clot, which can harm the heart muscle and result in consequences like heart disease or sudden cardiac arrest. Be still and collected.

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Smidt Heart Institute Sudden Cardiac Arrest Expert Receives 2024 Distinguished Scientist Award

DAIC

Although “sudden cardiac arrest” and “heart attack” are often mistaken to be the same, the conditions are quite different. A heart attack is usually caused by a blood clot in an artery leading to the heart and is seldom fatal.

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No Reduction in 90-Day Deaths, Heart Attacks With Human Apo/A1, A Building Block of HDL Cholesterol

DAIC

milla1cf Sat, 04/06/2024 - 18:32 April 6, 2024 — The first trial of a novel strategy for removing cholesterol from patients’ arteries did not reduce the risk of death, heart attack or stroke within three months of a prior heart attack, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology ’s Annual Scientific Session.