DAIC
MARCH 18, 2024
“These patients often can’t control their blood pressure--placing them at significantly higher risk of heart attack, stroke and kidney failure.” The device delivers ultrasound energy through the arteries of the kidneys to deaden surrounding nerves that are overactive in many people with hypertension.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
DECEMBER 19, 2022
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.
Cassling
JULY 8, 2024
This common phrase is well-known to healthcare providers in the ED who have been called upon to treat a heart attack. The longer you take to stabilize the heart, the higher the risk of long-term damage to the patient’s heart. Time is muscle.
DAIC
MARCH 20, 2024
But researchers said the findings could have relevance to organs beyond the heart and also to viruses other than SARS-CoV-2. What scientists did not know is whether the damage occurs because the virus infects the heart tissue itself, or because of systemic inflammation triggered by the body’s well-known immune response to the virus.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
DECEMBER 19, 2023
In general, the more calcified or fibrous a plaque is, the less dangerous it is, as it is less likely to rupture and cause a heart attack. Fatty or necrotic plaque is often described as ‘vulnerable’ plaque, with the vulnerability being related to the risk of a heart attack. Springer, Cham. Am J Cardiol.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 13, 2024
He noted that his father died from a heart attack in his early 50s prompting his presentation to the emergency department. On our ultrasound machine, the TEX, normal strain is considered -18 % and higher (more negative). Here is the initial ECG at 13:17 with no prior ECG in the patient’s chart for comparison: What do you think?
Dr. Paddy Barrett
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Suddenly, a 43% chance of a heart attack or stroke becomes a 19% risk. Eur Heart J. 2 High prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis in asymptomatic teenagers and young adults: evidence from intravascular ultrasound. A MUCH bigger reduction in risk. That is a big reduction in risk. 2012 Dec;33(23):2955-62. Circulation.
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