News tagged with reperfusion therapy
The benefits of reperfusion therapy
The wider use of reperfusion therapy in patients with heart attack (AMI) can save millions of lives in Europe. Effective reperfusion therapy in an AMI patient can cut the individual risk of dying by half. AMI is caused by ...
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Simple injection could limit damage from heart attacks and stroke
(PhysOrg.com) -- This weeks Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) will publish a fascinating new milestone achievement in the search for novel clinical therapies to significantly reduce the lo ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Apr 18, 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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Hospital certification program for cardiovascular, stroke care needed
The American Heart Association should develop a comprehensive hospital certification program with policies and evidence-based criteria for cardiovascular disease and stroke care in the United States, according to an American ...
Nov 12, 2010 |
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Aiding injury recovery in aged livers improve transplant success in seniors
University of Florida scientists have identified a key cellular process involved in age-related damage to the liver — and ways to reverse that damage by manipulating genes or administering certain drugs.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 02, 2010 |
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Health care system delay may increase risk of death for heart patients receiving reperfusion therapy
For patients with a certain type of heart attack, delay in the time between first contact with emergency medical service to initiation of therapy such as balloon angioplasty is associated with an increased risk of death, ...
Aug 17, 2010 |
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Treating heart attack past recommended time may significantly increase risk of death
An examination of the treatment received by patients with myocardial infarction (heart attack) at 80 hospitals in Quebec indicates that those who received either primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI; such as angioplasty) ...
Jun 01, 2010 |
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Study Finds Use of Mechanical Devices as Stroke Treatment Increasing
(PhysOrg.com) -- The use of mechanical devices as a treatment for acute ischemic stroke, in which a blood clot blocks the flow of blood to an artery supplying the brain, is increasing in the United States, researchers at ...
Feb 25, 2010 |
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Heart attack victims who have ECGs in the field experience shorter time-to-treatment
A recent study found that individuals experiencing chest pain who had electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) assessments prior to arriving at the hospital experienced a significantly reduced time-to-treatment or door-to-balloon (D2B) ...
Jan 21, 2010 |
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Bone marrow cells may significantly reduce risk of second heart attack
Cells from heart attack survivors' own bone marrow reduced the risk of death or another heart attack when they were infused into the affected artery after successful stent placement, according to research reported in the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Stent for life initiative
Primary angioplasty (with stent implantation) is the most effective therapy for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), but it is not available to many patients, even though most European countries have sufficient resources (ie, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 01, 2009 |
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