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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DAIC

JANUARY 23, 2024

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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DAIC

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Morteza Naghavi, founder and president of HeartLung Technologies, and founder of nonprofit SHAPE (Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication). There is a long list of diseases that can cause enlarged heart or enlarged cardiac chambers.

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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. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

No family history of sudden cardiac death, cardiomyopathy, premature CAD, or other cardiac issues. Only after her troponin peaked at 500,000 ng/L did she get her angiogram, which showed a 100% left main occlusion due to ruptured plaque. She died before she could get a heart transplant.

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