Browsing articles tagged with " heart attack"
Mar 4, 2012
Jeannie

Heart attack symptoms different for women

No matter what country you were born or grew up in, it’s a proved statistic that women have far fewer heart problems than men.

Moreover, for women heart attack symptoms are not exactly the classical reality, a fact that can lead to administration of inadequate treatment, say U.S. doctors.

Starting from the study of the “British Heart Foundation”, we tried to outline a map with features of cardiac problems in Romania, through Mr. Aws Adnan interventional cardiologist doctor, University Emergency Hospital, Bucharest.

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Nov 15, 2011
Jeannie

New anticoagulant reduces heart attacks mortality rates

There is hope for patients with cardiovascular disease. People hospitalized for a heart attack or severe pain in the chest are at risk of relapse and mortality significantly reduced with a new anticoagulant Xarelto, Johnson & Johnson Laboratories and Bayer, according to results of a large clinical trial published this month.

Xarelto – which is the active molecule rivaroxaban – is administered orally in combination with a standard anticoagulant.

The authors of this study in the online version of the U.S. medical journal New England Journal of Medicine, said that Xarelto would still have a drawback: it would result in increased risk of major bleeding than other treatments to make the blood more fluid.

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