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The number of regional care systems able to rapidly diagnose and treat ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients is increasing, research shows.
STEMI is the most severe form of heart attack and affects around 300,000 people in the US each year. To prevent death, it is critical to perform rapid coronary reperfusion, of which percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the…
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Women suffering a heart attack wait much longer than men to call emergency medical services and face significantly longer delays getting to a hospital equipped to care for them. This places them at greater risk of adverse outcomes, according to research to be presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 64th Annual Scientific Session in San Diego.
According to the study, compared to men,…
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Cardiocerebral resuscitation (CCR) is a relatively new approach to the resuscitation of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (see Figure 1). By 2003, both the accumulated resuscitation research data and our own local clinical experience in Tucson, Arizona clearly indicated that interruptions of chest compressions had a negative effect on survival. Accordingly, in November 2003 in co…
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European Society of Cardiology
Sophia Antipolis, 12 September 2019: Heart attack symptoms can be gradual or abrupt and both situations are a medical emergency. That’s the main message of research published today in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).1
The study found that patients with gradual symptom onset took eight hours to get medical help compared to 2.6…
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Vienna, Austria – 18 June 2017: A European network has been created to find sudden cardiac arrest causes and compare treatments.
The European Sudden Cardiac Arrest network (ESCAPE-NET) is backed by the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and the European Resuscitation Council (ERC). It is being funded by a European Union…
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Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) and thrombolysis (TL) represent two alternative reperfusion strategies for ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients. In many randomised clinical trials,1 PPCI has been shown to be superior to TL in reducing mortality, re-infarction and stroke. These benefits are linked with a much higher early mechanical reperfusion rate (90 %,…
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Drawing on their clock-making heritage, Swiss scientists are adapting technology from automatic watches to power pacemakers with nothing more than the motion of the beating heart.Their animal experience of ‘batteryless’ pacing will be described in an Abstract Session today.
‘Pacemakers have two weak spots,’ explained Adrian Zurbuchen, from the University of Bern. ‘Leads are prone to fracture and…
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Italian law must change to improve survival from cardiac arrest
Law requiring certificate to use a defibrillator reduces response time
Milan, Italy – 5 March 2018: An Italian law requiring citizens to hold a certificate to use a defibrillator must change to improve survival from cardiac arrest, researchers argued today at Acute Cardiovascular Care 2018, a European Society of Cardiology congress.1…
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Perception often lacks reality, and for many cardiologists and other physicians, the image and understanding of the nation's premier private organization dedicated to the prevention and treatment of heart disease and stroke is woefully out of date. For many physicians, the mission of the American Heart Association (AHA) is simply research, education, and advocacy, but it is much more than that…
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