Heart Attack Health information topics about Heart Attack: Anatomy/Physiology 1. Normal Heart and How It Works American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=770 2. Anatomy of the Human Heart Texas Heart Institute http://www.texasheartinstitute.org/anatomy2.html Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Myocardial Infarction National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D009203&recruiting... Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. New Blood Tests for Detecting Heart Disease American Heart Association http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/109/3/e12.pdf 2. Myoglobin Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/myoglobin/test.html 3. Patient Questions and Answers about Nuclear Cardio American Society of Nuclear Cardiology http://www.asnc.org/patientinfo/pppatientfaq.cfm 4. Thallium Stress Test American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4743 5. Troponin Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/troponin/test.html 6. What Are the Symptoms of a Heart Attack? Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/cad/mi_symptom... 7. Hypertensive Crisis Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00626 8. Electrocardiogram: Tracking Heartbeat Regulation Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HB00014 9. Ejection Fraction Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00360 10. Echocardiogram: Sound Imaging of the Heart Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HB00012 11. CK-MB Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/ckmb/test.html 12. Cardiac Biomarkers American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/cardiac_biomarkers/gla... Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Glossary of Cardiovascular Terminology Texas Heart Institute http://www.texasheartinstitute.org/glossary.html Health Check Tools 1. Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating Your 10-Year R National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/atpiii/calculator.asp National Institutes of Health 1. Promise of New Medical Uses for Sodium Nitrite for National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/apr2005/nhlbi-14.htm 2. What Is a Heart Attack? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/HeartAttack/HeartAttack_WhatIs... 3. Act in Time to: Heart Attack Signs National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/actintime/index.htm Organizations 1. American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000 2. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/ Overviews 1. Heart Attack American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4578 2. Heart Attack Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00094 Prevention/Screening 1. C-Reactive Protein: A Simple Test to Help Predict American Heart Association http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/108/12/e81.pdf 2. Heart Attack: Emergency Survival Guide for the Wor Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HB00025 3. Heart Attack: Warning Signs and Tips on Prevention American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/291.xml Rehabilitation/Recovery 1. Heart Attack: Getting Back into Your Life After a American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/002.xml 2. Cardiac Rehab: Healing Mind and Body Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HB00017 Related Issues 1. What Happens during a Heart Attack? Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/cad/mi_whathap... 2. Sexual Activity and Heart Disease or Stroke American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4714 3. Depression After a Heart Attack American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/702.xml 4. Call 911 -- Before It's Too Late Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/cad/call911.ht... 5. Dressler's Syndrome Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ00576 Research 1. Randomized Trial of Low-Dose Aspirin in the Primar American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3029340 2. Update on Cholesterol Guidelines: More-Intensive T National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jul2004/nhlbi-12.htm 3. Sudden Death in Military Recruits American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/141/11/I-26 4. Statin Therapy and the Outcomes during Hospitaliza American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/11/I-29 5. Risk for Heart Attacks with Different NSAIDs American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/142/7/I-45 6. Levels of Risk Factors Associated with Heart Attac American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/142/6/I-23 7. Deep Periodontal Pockets Increase Risk for Electro American Academy of Periodontology http://www.perio.org/consumer/ecg.htm 8. Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors and Heart Attacks: Var American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/142/3/I-21 9. Can Stem Cells Restore Cardiac Tissue After a Hear American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/9/I-82 10. ACE Inhibitors after Heart Attacks: Varying Effect American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/141/2/I-34 Specific Conditions 1. Acute Coronary Occlusion: A Common Cause of Heart Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00462 2. Types of Heart Attack Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/cad/mi_types.h... Statistics 1. Heart Attack and Angina Statistics American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4591 Treatment 1. Aspirin and Cardiovascular Disease UpToDate http://patients.uptodate.com/topic.asp?file=hrt_dis/2908 2. Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/hearthealth/treatments/medicaldevices/aed.html 3. How Is a Heart Attack Treated? Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/cad/mi_treatme... 4. Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA) American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4751 5. JAMA Patient Page: Percutaneous Coronary Intervent American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZSK0WYGQD&sub_... 6. What Are Anticoagulants and Antiplatelet Agents? American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/110080494410839%20WhatAreAn... Women 1. Panic Attack or Heart Attack? Women's Heart Foundation http://www.womensheartfoundation.org/content/HeartDisease/panic_attack_or_h... 2. Women: Warning! It Could Be a Heart Attack! National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/owh/pub/factsheets/heartattack.htm   Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. American Red Cross Statement On Compression-Only CPR 29 Jul 2010 at 5:00am "Articles published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) cite a pair of studies on Compression-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), sometimes called continuous chest compressions, Hands-Only CPR, or cardio cerebral resuscitation (CCR). "These articles validate the American Red Cross guidance on Compression-Only CPR... 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Insurers Test At-Home Technology, Monitoring Devices To Help Cut Heart Failur... 28 Jul 2010 at 6:00am The Wall Street Journal: "Technology that aims to keep congestive heart failure patients out of the hospital is gaining traction. The idea is for heart patients to take readings like their weight, blood pressure and other key metrics using wireless and other technologies; the data are then transmitted to a case manager or medical care giver... New Approach In Early Detection Of Atherosclerotic Changes In Vascular Systems 28 Jul 2010 at 5:00am Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease are the major causes of death in the world. Atherosclerotic plaque, the narrowing of blood vessels, causes audible turbulence in the bloodstream. Standard and electronic stethoscopes are designed to listen to heart and lung signals between 10-300 Hz... The Methodist Hospital Opens Country's Most Advanced Robotic Operating Room 27 Jul 2010 at 7:00am The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center opened the country's most advanced hybrid, robotic operating room. The new suite integrates advanced robotics, imaging and navigation with surgery to offer patients the least invasive and safest surgical and interventional treatments for cardiovascular disease... Cerenis Therapeutics And Novasep Awarded 10.7M Euros Funding From The French ... 27 Jul 2010 at 7:00am Cerenis Therapeutics SA (Cerenis), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel high-density lipoprotein (HDL) therapies to treat cardiovascular and other metabolic diseases, and Groupe Novasep (Novasep), a leading supplier of manufacturing solutions to the life sciences industries, announce today that they have received French Government funding through OSEO to finance the dev... Three Classification Tools To Diagnose Heart Problems 27 Jul 2010 at 7:00am A statistical analysis of publicly available heart rate data using three classification tools - Random Forests, Logistic Model Tree and Neural Network - could lead to a rapid and precise way to diagnose heart problems, according to research in the International Journal of Electronic Healthcare... Performance Intervention At Outpatient Cardiology Practices Improves Heart Fa... 27 Jul 2010 at 4:00am A study led by UCLA tested a new performance intervention to help improve adherence to national guideline-recommended therapies for heart failure patients in an outpatient setting. Heart failure is a chronic, progressive disease that impacts millions and results in substantial morbidity, mortality and the use of significant healthcare resources and costs... Surgery Or Stenting For Carotid Artery Disease? 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