UMass Memorial sees spike in heart attacks from people shoveling snow

Dr. Youssef Rahban, a cardiologist at UMass Memorial who treated some of the patients, said the high volume of heart attacks ...
Morningstar

Rapid zalunfiban treatment at 1st point of medical contact lowered risk of more severe heart damage in combination with other serious heart-attack complications

CeleBrate involved patients who suffered STEMI (ST-segment elevation) heart attacks – the most severe form of heart attack, in which blood flow to a portion of the heart is almost always cut off by a ...
Healio

Recreational drug use linked to poor outcomes after heart attack

Testing positive for recreational drugs at the time of admission with acute coronary syndrome was associated with increased risk for major adverse cardiovascular events in the following year, ...
News Medical

New initiative by UNC Hospitals expedites treatment of patients having STEMI heart attacks

UNC Hospitals launched an initiative aimed at reducing the time it takes hospital staff to recognize when a patient is having a STEMI (ST elevation myocardial infarction) heart attack - the sudden and ...