New strategies combining the concentrations of both cardiac troponin type I (cTnI) and type T (cTnT) may allow for early and safe rule-out of acute my...
acute myocardial infarction
Sunshine may be related to seasonal patterns of STEMIs
ST‐elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) represents one of the leading causes of death. It has been found that the time of STEMI onset has a c...
Atypical antipsychotics less harmful than Haloperidol for delirium in MI : BMJ
At present no drugs have been approved by the FDA for the treatment of delirium and owing to inconclusive evidence on safety clinical guidelines for d...
Portable device THAT detects stroke in 30 seconds, with 92% accuracy
In Stroke endovascular therapy within 24 hours is the standard of care for emergent large-vessel occlusion, but the chance of achieving a good outcome...
Stenting only in culprit artery in Cardiogenic Shock-Guidelines Challenged
It is well established that early revascularization with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduces mortality after cardiogenic shock (CS) in ac...
Telemedicine- Bringing Quality and Safety to Medical Practice -Dr VK Trehan
While the advancement in the field of medicine has changed the paradigm of medical practice throughout the world in the last decade, the support of te...
How a Nurse performs Self Thrombolysis in MI to save his life : NEJM case story
Heard of Self Thrombolysis? It is a new term coined to describe what a nurse did sensing that he was suffering from Myocardial Infarction (MI).It is a...
Young women and men with acute MI present with different symptomatology
Dr.Lichtman JH et al. studied the difference in presentation and perception of symptoms among young patients of different sexes.They reported that wom...
Anxiety acts as a protective factor after MI & improves survival rate
Anxiety is considered to be harmful but in certain set of circumstances, it may be advantageous when it comes to reacting to a heart attack. A researc...
A new pocket-size device to diagnose heart attacks
It is an established fact that Cardiovascular diseases are the No. 1 cause of mortality globally.According to US Centers for Disease Control and Preve...
