myocardial infarction

After Myocardial Infarction Fatigue Is Common

harminka — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:58:29 -0500

Half of all patients who undergo myocardial infarction are experiencing onerous fatigue four months after the infarction. The patients who are most fatigued are those who perceive the infarction as a sign of chronic illness, those who experience the illness as difficult to control, and those who believe that the illness has a large impact on their life. These are the conclusions of a thesis presented at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Periodontitis and myocardial infarction, shared genetic predisposition

harminka — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:35:14 -0600

A mutual epidemiological relationship between aggressive periodontitis and myocardial infarction has already been shown in the past.

Myocardial regeneration by intracoronary infusion of selected stem cells

harminka — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:26:42 -0500

REGENT is a multicenter, randomized trial for comparison of intracoronary infusion of bone marrow-derived unselected mononuclear cells (MNC) and selected CD34+CXCR4+ cells in 200 patients with acute myocardial infarction and reduced LVEF ≤ 40%.

Biomarkers For Ischaemia and Necrosis

harminka — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:09:04 -0500

In conjunction with clinical assessment and the ECG, simple and rapid blood tests have become the standard for the detection of myocardial infarction. Starting in the year 2000, recommendations by the European Society of Cardiology and other major cardiology societies worldwide have begun to state uniformly that a rise in cardiac troponins – sensitive and specific markers for dying cells in the heart - is a prerequisite for the clinical diagnosis of myocardial infarction.

Heart attack patients who stop statin risk death

harminka — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:41:41 -0500

Patients discontinuing statin medication following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) increase their risk of dying over the next year, say researchers at McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). Their study was published in a recent issue of the European Heart Journal.

MDCT accurate in assessing myocardial infarction in emergency setting

harminka — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:27:15 -0500

Multidetector CT (MDCT) is just as accurate as MRI in assessing myocardial infarct size--an important predictor of clinical outcome-- in an emergency setting according to a recent study conducted by researchers in collaboration between the VA Medical Center in San Francisco, CA and the University Claude Bernard in Lyon, France.

Heart attack rates fall following national smoking bans

harminka — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:06:04 -0600

French researchers announced a striking 15% decrease in admissions of patients with myocardial infarction to emergency wards since the public ban on smoking came into effect in restaurants, hotels and casinos in France last January.

Research finds link between depression

harminka — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:04:44 -0600

Depression nearly triples the risk of death following a heart attack, even when accounting for other heart attack risk factors, according to research presented today at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology annual meeting, which showed that among 360 depressed, post myocardial infarction patients followed for more than six years, those who did not recover from their depression in the first six months were more than twice as likely to die.

Stem cells train heart following heart attack

harminka — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:25:15 -0600

Injecting adult stem cells into a heart following a heart attack (infarction) improves the heart function and strengthens the heart wall. The use of such cells may eventually reduce the chance of heart failure following a heart attack.

Job strain after heart attack linked to risk for another heart attack

harminka — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:52:55 -0500

Persons who reported chronic job strain after a first heart attack (myocardial infarction) had about twice the risk of experiencing another coronary heart disease event such as heart attack or unstable angina than those without chronic job strain, according to a study in the October 10 issue of JAMA.

Cardiomyocytes improve heart function after myocardial infarction

harminka — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:59:42 -0500

Geron Corporation today reported its scientists and collaborators have demonstrated that human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-derived cardiomyocytes improve heart function when transplanted after myocardial infarction.

Several changes recommended regarding treatment strategy

harminka — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:02:56 -0500

The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have jointly released revised Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Unstable Angina (UA)/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI).