Men may experience different heart attack symptoms from women. Why does it matter? Women are less likely to seek immediate medical care and are more likely to die from a heart attack. Men normally feel pain and numbness in the left arm or side of chest. In women, the pain and numbness ...
Transforming Heart Attack Diagnosis: A Game-Changer in Emergency Care As many as 60 per cent of people presenting to emergency departments around the world with heart attack symptoms could be safely sent home, many at earlier stages, with the support of a new high-sensitivity cardiac troponin te...
Knowledge of heart attack symptoms in 20 US communities. Results from the Rapid Early Action for Coronary Treatment Community Trial. Prev. Med. 2004;38:85–93.Goff DC, Mitchell P, Finnegan J, Pandey D, Bittner V, Feldman H, Meischke H, Goldberg RJ, Luepker RV, Raczynski JM, Cooper L...
Heart attack chest pain is usually in the center of the chest, but some people may feel pain in the lower chest or upper abdomen. Other common heart attack symptoms include shortness of breath, nausea, cold sweats, lightheadedness, and pain in the jaw, left arm or neck. It’s also po...
the link also raises the prospect of new treatments in this field. Dr. D'Souza and colleagues went on to show that, in mice, injection of a drug that inhibits the cortisol receptor prevents the morning changes in ion channels and so also the morning vulnerability to heart rhythm disturbances...
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A new research collaboration aims to develop a forward-looking AI application to detect gender-specific symptoms earlier and further reduce mortality from heart disease, especially among women. #AI #cardiovascular diseases #early diagnosis #gender medicine #heart attack #research...
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“There has always been a concern that patients may be treated less aggressively when they present with heart attack symptoms before laboratory tests are able to confirm the diagnosis,” said Chadwick Miller, M.D., lead author and an emergency medicine physician at Wake Forest University School ...