Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction A heart attack occurs when a blood vessel in the heart (coronary artery) becomes blocked and cuts off the blood supply to the heart muscle, causing that area of the heart to die.

Ramipril helps prevent heart attack in high-risk patients Ramipril, a drug that lowers blood pressure by affecting a hormone system in the kidney, appears to reduce the rate of stroke and heart attack in patients at high risk for heart disease...

Heart attack can occur with normal arteries New research is offering clues as to why some people suffer heart attacks despite having normal coronary arteries...

Flu vaccine linked to lower heart attack risk Getting vaccinated against the flu may also reduce the risk of having a heart attack, results of a new study suggest...

Early intervention boosts heart attack survival In addition to symptoms such as chest pain, most heart attack patients show characteristic patterns on an electrocardiogram (ECG), the tracing that shows the electrical activity of the heart...

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US DEPT OF HHS: Emergency Angioplasty/Bypass Surgery Saves Heart Attack Patients With Cardiogenic Shock Heart attack patients with a life-threatening complication called cardiogenic shock experience an improvement in survival at 6 months when treated with balloon angioplasty or coronary bypass surgery compared to patients who ...

Heart Attack Affects Blood Flow To All Of Heart For over two decades, the treatment of heart attacks has focused on restoring the impaired blood flow to the part of the heart affected by blockage of a coronary artery...

Studies Link Heart Attack To Stomach Bacteria Two new studies show a moderate association between the risk of heart disease and the presence of H. pylori bacterium in the stomach. The bacterium has been found to be the cause of 90 percent of ulcers...