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1. VTE prophylaxis deficient in most at-risk

Author

Jancin, Bruce

Subjects
Diagnosis, Care and treatment, Risk factors, Heart attack -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment, Thromboembolism -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment
Abstract

Salt Lake City -- Only one-third of U.S. medical inpatients at increased risk for venous thromboembolism receive appropriate prophylaxis as recommended by American College of Chest Physicians guidelines, according to [...]

Published
2006

2. Incidence of unrecognized MI proves high in older patients

Author

Jancin, Bruce

Subjects
European Society of Cardiology -- Services, Diagnosis, Care and treatment, Risk factors, Services, Health aspects, Heart attack -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment, Elderly -- Health aspects, Aged -- Health aspects
Abstract

STOCKHOLM -- A high proportion of MIs occurring in patients after age 55 go clinically unrecognized, Anneke de Torbal, M.D., reported at the annual congress of the European Society of [...]

Published
2005

3. Rescue PCI beats repeat thrombolysis for myocardial infarction

Author

Zoler, Mitchel L.

Subjects
Diagnosis, Care and treatment, Risk factors, Health aspects, Thrombolytic therapy -- Health aspects, Heart attack -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment, Cardiac patients -- Health aspects -- Care and treatment
Abstract

NEW ORLEANS -- When thrombolysis fails to fully unblock the infarct-related artery of a patient with an acute myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention is the best next step, according to [...]

Published
2005

4. CHD well underway at time of RA diagnosis: two years before diagnosis, RA patients were three times more likely to have been hospitalized for MI

Author

Brunk, Doug

Subjects
Diagnosis, Care and treatment, Risk factors, Rheumatoid arthritis -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment, Heart attack -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment
Abstract

Well before rheumatoid arthritis patients receive their diagnosis, they are three to six times more likely than are those without the disease to suffer acute myocardial infarction, results from a [...]

Published
2005

5. Clinical differences may explain higher mortality in renal patients after MI

Author

Jancin, Bruce

Subjects
Diagnosis, Care and treatment, Risk factors, Mortality -- Risk factors -- United States, Heart attack -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment, Patient care, Kidney diseases -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment, Patients -- Care and treatment
Abstract

NEW ORLEANS -- Mortality is extraordinarily high in the year after acute myocardial infarction in patients with renal failure--and the explanation may lie largely in their strikingly different clinical characteristics [...]

Published
2005

6. Post-MI mitral regurgitation is mortality risk

Author

Zoler, Mitchel L.

Subjects
Diagnosis, Care and treatment, Risk factors, Mortality -- Risk factors -- United States, Heart attack -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment, Mitral valve insufficiency -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment
Abstract

MUNICH -- Patients who develop moderate to severe mitral regurgitation following a myocardial infarction have a substantially increased risk of death, compared with those who don't, based on a population-based [...]

Published
2005

7. Compression quality affects heart attack survival

Author

Boschert, Sherry

Subjects
Diagnosis, Care and treatment, Risk factors, Cardiac arrest -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment, Heart attack -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment
Abstract

SAN FRANCISCO -- The timing of chest compressions in CPR can mean life or death to some patients in cardiac arrest, Lance B. Becker, M.D., said at the annual meeting [...]

Published
2005

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