A Look at Unrecognized Cardiovascular Emergencies
By Andy Skean Senior Editor Getting the diagnosis right is among the most fundamental of...
Jan 23, 2019
By Andy Skean Senior Editor Getting the diagnosis right is among the most fundamental of...
Oct 21, 2016
Mortality rates associated with heart disease have declined in recent years throughout the United...
Aug 31, 2016
According to current estimates, more than 350,000 people experience sudden cardiac death in the...
Aug 2, 2016
Coronary heart disease (CHD) continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the...
Jun 3, 2016
According to an American Heart Association survey, only 56% of women recognize heart disease as a...
Apr 28, 2016
Studies have shown that women and younger patients are at increased risk for mental stress when...
Feb 5, 2016
Each year, more than 15,000 women younger than age 55 die from heart disease, ranking it among the...
Mar 13, 2013
One-third of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and baseline hyperlipidemia do not appear to reach an LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) goal of less than 100 mg/dL after 6 months, according to American research. Patients who...
Feb 10, 2013
Research has shown that the risk of dying from an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been...
Dec 6, 2012
Researchers in Massachusetts suggest that certain factors can be used to identify patients with initial acute myocardial infarctions (AMIs) who are at increased risk for post-discharge mortality. They note that increased...
Sep 6, 2012
The gap in medical care between patients with and without COPD who are hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) appears to have narrowed substantially between 1997 and 2007, according to Massachusetts researchers....
Aug 30, 2012
Permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) appears to be the only form of AF that independently predicts death among patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who are treated invasively. When compared with a control group, more...