Read about heart attack (myocardial infarction) signs and symptoms in men or women, treatment, causes, risks, recovery times, and how to prevent.
Heart attack symptoms can be different from person to person or from one heart attack to another. Women and people assigned female at birth are more likely to have these heart attack symptoms: Unusual fatigue Shortness of breath Nausea or vomiting Dizziness or lightheadedness Discomfort in your ...
Side Effects of Heart Stents Surgery Everything that has an advantage must have a disadvantage and same is true with heart stents surgery. Heart stent helps the arteries from blocking but it has its own share of risks, side effects and other problems. Since the stent is made of metal it c...
The next step is percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). In PTCA, a different catheter that has a small deflated balloon is threaded past the blockage, and the balloon is inflated to crush the clot and plaque. Most balloon catheters also have a wire mesh, called a stent, over...
(Medical Xpress)—Delaying putting a stent in patients who have suffered a 'high risk' heart attack could aid their recovery, new research has shown.
DF Kong - Evidence-Based Healthcare and Public Health 被引量: 20发表: 2005年 NICE issues guidance on using coronary artery stents Patients who have angina or have had a heart attack should normally be given a coronary artery stent—as well as balloon angioplasty, if the latter is clinically...
Myocardial Infarction or Heart Attack. Credit: Blausen Medical Communications/Wikipedia/CC-A 3.0 In patients who received a stent to treat coronary artery blockage, those who experienced bleeding requiring hospitalization in the years after the procedure faced an increased risk of death that was similar...
About 1% to 2% of people who have a stent may get ablood clotwhere the stent is placed. This can put you at risk for aheart attackorstroke. Your risk of getting a blood clot is highest during the first few months after the procedure. ...
For National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month, learn more about the differences between a heart attack and a cardiac arrest.
Risks of angioplasty and stenting include: Bleeding Blood clotsinside thestent Artery re-narrowing, called restenosis Heart attack (rarely) Damage to the coronary artery Kidney problems Stroke Widowmaker Heart Attack Recovery You'll stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) for a couple of days after...