Objective Beta-blockers (BB) are an established treatment following myocardial infarction (MI). However, there is uncertainty as to whether BB beyond the first year of MI have a role in patients ...

Cardiologist explains that a heart attack isn't always fatal, and even patients with a very low survival chance can be saved with timely, advanced cardiac care.

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 ...

Fewer Americans are dying from heart attacks over the past 50 years as better prevention and heart care have saved more lives, according to a new study. The U.S. heart attack mortality rate has ...

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

Background The burden of cardiovascular events in Africa is projected to rise significantly in the coming decade, placing ...

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 ...

Ghana's medical community is in mourning following the sudden and heartbreaking death of Dr. Kwame Adu Ofori, a 47-year-old ...

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

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 ...

2022 ACC/AHA Key Data Elements and Definitions for Chest Pain and Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Report of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Joint Committee on Clinical ...

“I now have the lungs of a 70-year-old man,” said Temple ... his vaping habit even led him to suffer a “minor” heart attack called an anterior myocardial infarction. “My whole body was fighting to ...