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Understanding the Difference Between Heart Attack and Cardiac Arrest

MIBHS

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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Lowering Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events by Treating Residual Inflammatory Risk

DAIC

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), caused by plaque buildup in arterial walls, is one of the leading causes of disability and death worldwide.1,2 alone, more than 800,000 of these people are at risk of MI and for approximately 200,000 of them, this may well be their second life-threatening cardiac event.

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The Risks and Benefits of 'Too Much' Exercise

Physiologically Speaking

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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BIDMC-led Trial Leads to FDA approval of Coronary Drug-coated Balloons

DAIC

There's growing sentiment that drug-coated balloons could address an unmet clinical need among patients with coronary artery disease in the United States.” Each year, millions of people around the world undergo coronary angioplasty, a non-surgical intervention to treat blockages in the arteries that supply blood to the heart.

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