News tagged with infarct
Transferring doctors to heart attack patients improves outcomes
In a large, traffic-congested city in China, severe heart attack patients received treatment faster and had better long-term results when interventional physicians were taken to them, according to a study in the American ...
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Protocol-driven heart attack care proves effective and contagious
The implementation of acute heart attack or ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) guidelines, protocols and standing orders in Minnesota community hospitals without cardiac catheterization labs has dramatically improved ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Apr 04, 2011 |
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The five hospital factors that affect heart attack survival
A new Yale University study looks at why there is such a big difference in the mortality rates among patients treated for heart attacks in hospitals across the country. The study appears in the March issue ...
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Stroke incidence higher among patients with certain type of retinal vascular disease
Patients with a disease known as retinal vein occlusion (RVO) have a significantly higher incidence of stroke when compared with persons who do not have RVO, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 14, 2011 |
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International Women's Day provides a 'red alert' for women's hearts
On International Women's Day (8th March), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is calling for action to reduce the gender disparities that are currently resulting in women receiving second rate cardiovascular (CV) care. ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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International collaborative identifies 13 new heart-disease-associated gene sites
Thirteen new gene regions have been convincingly linked to coronary atherosclerosis in a massive, new, international genetics study involving investigators from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Mar 06, 2011 |
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New cell therapy a promising atherosclerosis treatment
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have shown in a new study on mice, that cell therapy can be used to reverse the effect of 'bad' LDL cholesterol and reduce the inflammation that leads to atherosclerosis. The new cell ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Older patients concerned about adverse effects of beneficial medications for CVD prevention
Older patients are willing to take medications for cardiovascular disease prevention, but only if the drug has much more benefit than risk, according to a report published online first by the Archives of Internal Medicine. The pa ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Human stem cells from fat tissue fuse with rat heart cells and beat
If Dr. Doolittle is famous for talking to animals, then here's a story that might make him hold his tongue: According to new research published online in The FASEB Journal, scientists have successfully fused human stem c ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Heart attack patients with depression less likely to receive priority care in emergency rooms
Heart attack patients with a history of depression presenting at emergency departments were less likely to receive priority care than people with other conditions, found a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Associati ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Human umbilical cord blood cells aid diabetic wound healing
Transplanting human umbilical cord blood-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) has been found to "significantly accelerate" wound closure in diabetic mouse models, said a team of Korean researchers publishing in the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Searching for the soul of the genome (w/ Video)
The discovery that a "gene desert" on chromosome 9 was a hotspot for coronary artery disease (CAD) risk was among the highlights of findings produced recently by genome-wide association studies, which compare the genomes ...
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Ultrasound and a blood test can increase survival after myocardial infarction
Two relatively simple methods, an ultrasound investigation and a blood test to measure the level of a substance known as BNP, can predict survival and future heart failure following acute coronary syndromes. This is the conclusion ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Activation of PPAR α/γ mediates remote IPC against myocardial infarction
Although vast improvements have been made in the clinical care of patients suffering from an acute myocardial infarction, heart attacks still remain the No.1 cause of death in the western world. A promising approach in overcoming ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Patients using warfarin have higher risk of death after trauma
Warfarin use may be associated with a significant increase in the risk of death after traumatic injuries, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the May print issue of Archives of Surgery.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 17, 2011 |
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Infarction
In medicine, infarction refers to tissue death (necrosis) that is caused by a local lack of oxygen due to obstruction of the tissue's blood supply. The resulting lesion is referred to as an infarct.
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