Healio

In-hospital mortality after first heart attack higher in young women vs. men

In-hospital mortality was significantly higher for younger women vs. younger men after a first heart attack, with women ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News

Heart attack deaths increasing among adults younger than 55, study finds

Heart attack death rates rose by 1.2% among adults younger than age 55 who were hospitalized between 2011 and 2022 with a first severe heart attack, according to a February study published in the ...
The Southern Maryland Chronicle on MSN

STEMI Survivors Reunite with Heroes at Heart Month Luncheon

The MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton, Maryland, hosted a special Heart Month luncheon earlier this year, ...
MPR

Increase in STEMI Mortality in Young Adults From 2011 to 2022

HealthDay News — Among young adults, first ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in-hospital mortality increased from 2011 to 2022, according to a study published online February 26 in ...
Opinion
The Grand Junction Daily SentinelOpinion

The policy gap putting Colorado heart patients at risk

That failure is especially dangerous during a STEMI — the most severe form of heart attack, caused by a complete blockage of a coronary artery. Survival depends on one procedure: percutaneous coronary ...
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 ...