heart attack patients

Heart Attack Patients At Risk In Busy ERs

harminka — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:16:34 -0500

Patients with heart attacks and other forms of chest pain are three to five times more likely to experience serious complications after hospital admission when they are treated in a crowded emergency department (ED), according to a new study published in the journal Academic Emergency Medicine.

Risk of death for heart attack patients years after attack

harminka — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:38:31 -0600

Depressed heart attack patients have a higher risk for sudden death in the months following a heart attack. Now a team led by researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that the risk continues for many years.

New risk factor for heart attack patients

harminka — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:12:14 -0600

If you go to the hospital within one to two hours of the onset of symptoms of a heart attack, your chances of getting proper treatment are nearly 70 percent greater than those who wait 11 to 12 hours before seeking treatment, according to results presented today at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2007 in Orlando, Fla.

Many heart attack patients still not getting emergency treatment

harminka — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:09:13 -0500

Far more of today’s heart attack patients receive emergency angioplasty treatment or clot-busting drugs to re-open their clogged heart arteries than even a decade ago, a new study finds.

Faster treatment for rural heart attack patients

harminka — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:26:39 -0500

Heart attack patients as far as 150 miles away from a 24-hour emergency heart care center were able to receive treatment for blocked arteries within or faster than current recommended time frames, according to a study published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Rapid transfer offers lifeline for heart attack victims

harminka — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:12:56 -0500

Heart attack patients received lifesaving treatment quickly when hospitals and communities used an integrated, rapid transfer system to get patients to a facility equipped to perform artery-opening procedures, according to a report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

America’s Best Hospitals Not Always Best for Heart Attack Patients

harminka — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:55:42 -0500

Heart attack patients admitted to hospitals ranked to be among “America’s Best” by U.S. News & World Report are less likely to die within 30 days than those patients admitted to non-ranked hospitals, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the July 9 Archives of Internal Medicine.

Swift system for heart attack care improves treatment

harminka — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:48:10 -0500

Heart attack patients received lifesaving care up to an hour sooner after an Indiana hospital implemented a novel protocol to rapidly activate the cardiac catheterization lab, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Using wireless technology to care of heart attack patients

harminka — Thu, 17 May 2007 13:09:18 -0500

Imagine paramedics mobilizing a team of cardiologists and nurses within minutes of arriving at the home of a person who is having a heart attack, simply by pressing a button that sends an electrocardiogram (ECG) over a wireless network.

Heart attack death rates not higher at Iowa's rural hospitals

harminka — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:04:03 -0500

Contrary to some previous studies, rural hospitals in Iowa do provide quality care for patients with heart attacks and do not have higher death rates when compared to urban hospitals, report University of Iowa researchers.

Heart attack patients avoid follow-up care due to cost

harminka — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:05:00 -0500

One in five heart attack patients have financial barriers to health care services

harminka — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:41:07 -0500