A case of STEMI mimic- New England Journal of Medicine Hina Zahid6 Jun 2019 6:00 PM ISTA case study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has demonstrated a case of an 84-year-old man who was presented to the emergency...
Chronic depression in heart attack patients linked to death: ESC Journal report Deepanjana Sarkar9 Jun 2019 7:20 PM ISTChronic depression or anxiety in heart attack patients may boost the chances of death, reported a study published in the European Journal of...
Pregnant women with high BP at higher risk for heart attack, stroke Medha Baranwal Baranwal9 Jun 2019 7:15 PM ISTPregnant women having high blood pressure (BP), or pre-eclampsia are at a higher risk of strokes and heart attacks than those having normal blood...
Aspirin to prevent cardiovascular diseases: Dr Keshava R Hina Zahid12 Jun 2019 7:02 PM ISTThe role of aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease was considered for long as the best preventive measure till 2019.”An aspirin a day keeps heart...
40-minute MRI perfusion scan of heart may direct treatment decisions in angina Hina Zahid21 Jun 2019 8:28 PM ISTMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) perfusion scan of the heart may decide the future course of investigations in Angina patients, finds a clinical...
Alexa check my heart-New AI tool detects cardiac arrest during sleep Deepanjana Sarkar24 Jun 2019 7:28 PM ISTScientists at the University of Washington (UW) have developed a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool that detects cardiac arrest while a person is...
Treating High BP, cutting Sodium and Trans fats could save almost 100 million lives, finds study Deepanjana Sarkar26 Jun 2019 7:30 PM ISTThree very popular interventions, scaling up access to treatment of high blood pressure (BP), cutting down high sodium intake and eliminating intake...
Pain free exercise equally effective for patients with Peripheral arterial disease Hina Zahid27 Jun 2019 7:30 PM ISTPeripheral arterial disease patients improve on a pain-free regimen of exercise also finds a new study. For many years the patients with PAD have been...
Scientists develop High-Sensitivity Troponin based risk assessment tool to predict Heart Attack risk in ED Deepanjana Sarkar30 Jun 2019 8:10 PM ISTIt is a landmark study -The COMPASS-MI (Calculation of Myocardial Infarction Risk Probabilities to Manage Patients With Suspicion of Myocardial...
PCSK9 inhibitor Alirocumab cuts risk of subsequent heart attack in Diabetes patients Deepanjana Sarkar3 July 2019 8:28 PM ISTTaking twice-monthly injection of cholesterol-lowering drug alirocumab may cut the risk of a subsequent heart attack in patients with high blood sugar...
STEMI risk higher in female smokers than males, finds study Deepanjana Sarkar17 July 2019 8:28 PM ISTWomen are at a significantly increased risk of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) than men revealed a study published in the JACC: Journal of...
Both High systolic and High diastolic BP independently influence heart attack and stroke risk: NEJM Deepanjana Sarkar18 July 2019 8:20 PM ISTContrary to common belief, high systolic and high diastolic blood pressure are strongly, independently linked to cardiovascular risk, according to new...
