During a severe heart attack many heart muscle cells die and are replaced by scar tissue to stabilize the heart wall.

Myocardial scarring may be prognostic of ventricular arrhythmia risk among male endurance athletes who compete in events such ...

Objectives To analyse patient profiles, transportation patterns and time delays in ischaemic time and door-to-balloon (DTB) time and evaluate the effect of these delays on in-hospital mortality among ...

Differentiating between a heart attack, cardiac arrest, and chest pain is crucial for timely intervention. A heart attack ...

To determine whether age influences this process, we characterized remodeling after myocardial infarction in Fischer 344 rats that undergo natural age-related changes in heart structure and function ...

How a doctor from the Komfo Anokye Hospital died for lack of catheterization laboratory in Kumasi when he suffered a heart attack' ...

Ghana, with over 35 million people, cannot claim to be building a resilient health system when the second-largest referral hospital in the country lacks a functioning cath lab. We are losing lives not ...

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Drug combination shows promise for early treatment after myocardial infarction by Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

The 100-Year-Old Psychologist Is Still Listening But with her memory suddenly starting to fail, she faces a difficult decision. Marcia Brenner in her apartment on the Upper West Side.

Learn about the difference between myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction. This article looks at causes, symptoms, treatments, and more.

This report illustrates a magnetic resonance image of aborted myocardial infarction after primary angioplasty. Myocardial oedema in the absence of late enhancement seems to be the magnetic resonance ...