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- What is new in heart attack?
- Greater public awareness about heart attacks and changes in lifestyle have contributed to a dramatic reduction in the incidence of heart attacks during the last four decades. Improved anticoagulant drugs such as hirudin and hirulog, are being tested...
- Author:medicineDate:2008-05-08 16:54:13 Full Story...
- What about heart attacks in women?
- Risk of heart attacks in women Coronary artery disease (CAD) and heart attacks are erroneously believed to occur primarily in men. Although it is true that the prevalence of CAD among women is lower before menopause , the risk of CAD rises in women...
- Author:healthDate:2008-05-08 16:53:24 Full Story...
- How is a heart attack diagnosed?
- When there is severe chest pain, suspicion that a heart attack is occurring usually is high, and tests can be performed quickly that will confirm the heart attack. A problem arises, however, when the symptoms of a heart attack do not include chest pa...
- Author:tcmDate:2008-05-08 16:52:45 Full Story...
- What are the risk factors for atherosclerosis and heart attack?
- Factors that increase the risk of developing atherosclerosis and heart attacks include increased blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, use of tobacco, diabetes mellitus, male gender, and a family history of coronary heart disease. While family hist...
- Author:healthDate:2008-05-08 16:52:11 Full Story...
- What are the complications of a heart attack?
- Heart failure If a large amount of heart muscle dies, the ability of the heart to pump blood to the rest of the body is diminished, and this can result in heart failure. The body retains fluid, and organs, for example, the kidneys, begin to fail Ven...
- Author:medicineDate:2008-05-08 16:51:44 Full Story...
- What are the symptoms of a heart attack?
- Although chest pain or pressure is the most common symptom of a heart attack, heart attack victims may experience a diversity of symptoms that include: Pain, fullness, and/or squeezing sensation of the chest Jaw pain, toothache , headache Shortness o...
- Author:medicineDate:2008-05-08 16:51:11 Full Story...
- What causes a heart attack?
- Atherosclerosis is a gradual process in which plaques (collections) of cholesterol are deposited in the walls of arteries. Cholesterol plaques cause hardening of the arterial walls and narrowing of the inner channel (lumen) of the artery. Arteries th...
- Author:medicineDate:2008-05-08 16:49:56 Full Story...
- What is a heart attack?
- A heart attack (also known as a myocardial infarction) is the death of heart muscle from the sudden blockage of a coronary artery by a blood clot. Coronary arteries are blood vessels that supply the heart muscle with blood and oxygen. Blockage of a c...
- Author:medicineDate:2008-05-08 16:49:23 Full Story...