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NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- There is strong evidence that getting to the hospital quickly during a heart attack is critical, since early treatment saves both lives and heart muscle. And if the responsible coronary artery is completely blocked, it should be opened as soon as possible. What about patients with incomplete blockages, who have ACS or acute coronary syndrome? They should get to the hospital just as fast, but once there and on medical treatment, do they need...
By DALE QUINN LIFESAVING FACILITIES When Albert J. More noticed a pulsing pressure on the left side of his chest one morning last August, he didn't want to go to the hospital at first. He questioned whether he was being a hypochondriac. "What I felt was just like a pressure," he said. "It wasn't killing me, I wasn't yelling and screaming, but I knew something was happening in there." After a couple of hours, at his wife's urging, he called 911. He's glad he did. More, 72, didn't have a...
What you should know Heart disease has become a leading cause of disability and death in the Mid-South. Compared to U.S. averages, heart disease is far more common among people in the South. The risk of heart disease increases with age. Fat and cholesterol often build up in arteries as we age. Arteries may harden. Many seniors develop high blood pressure. Many older adults stop exercising. These problems take a toll on health and can lead to a heart attack. More than four out of five people...
Scientists at Stanford University Medical Center reported Thursday that an enzyme that helps the body metabolize alcohol might also limit injury during a heart attack. They also found that an experimental drug might amplify this protective effect, the researchers said.The scientists hope their study, performed in rats, may one day lead to a drug that would protect those suffering from the chest pain that often precedes a heart attack. Such a drug may also have uses during coronary bypass...
Pfizer announced that in patients with established heart disease, Lipitor(R) (atorvastatin calcium) 80 mg not only significantly reduced the relative risk of suffering a first cardiovascular event by 19 percent compared to Lipitor 10 mg but also provided a sustained reduction in the risk of a subsequent second, third, fourth, and fifth cardiovascular event, according to a subanalysis of the five-year Treating to New Targets (TNT) study. This subanalysis, designed and completed following...
By Dr Donohue Q: I am under treatment for angina. When I have an attack of chest pain, I usually can get rid of it with nitroglycerin. My neighbor, exactly my age, has the same thing: coronary artery disease with angina attacks. His doctor is treating him with leg pumps. He says he has had no angina since he started the treatment. Would this help me? A: The procedure, enhanced external counterpulsation, has been around for 10 years. A series of cuffs, like blood pressure cuffs, is...
SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Anthera Pharmaceuticals Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing anti-inflammatory drugs, today announced the initiation of the FRANCIS (Fewer Recurrent Acute coronary events with Near-term Cardiovascular Inflammation Suppression) clinical trial designed to examine the impact of varespladib when administered to patients within 96 hours of an Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) event. The FRANCIS trial is designed to assess the impact...
By Annie Freeda Cruez THE journalist was on his way to a nasi lemak breakfast with a colleague when he slumped in the car seat and died. He was just 41. A pulmonary and critical care physician tells ANNIE FREEDA CRUEZ that doctors are seeing more and more young people with coronary heart diseases. The modern sedentary lifestyle is the biggest culprit in the growing number of heart-related diseases in the country. Kuala Lumpur Hospital's consultant pulmonary and critical care physician,...
EAST WINDSOR, N.J., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Patient side point-of-care testing -- where diagnostic testing is conducted at or near the site of the patient -- enables doctors to make decisions on patients presenting with chest pain up to 20 minutes faster than those whose lab tests are evaluated by a standard lab, according to a study appearing this month in the peer-reviewed journal Annals of Emergency Medicine. The study, entitled A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial...
By Brice, Jane H Friend, Kevin D; Delbridge, Theodore R ABSTRACT Objective. Emergency medical services (EMS) research is frequently dependent on data recorded by prehospital personnel. Linking EMS information with hospital outcome depends on essential identifying data. We sought to determine the accuracy of these data in patients who activated EMS for chest pain and to describe the types of errors committed. Methods. We performed a retrospective, consecutive case series study of all...
