'The biggest consequence of CVD is myocardial infarction (
heart attack),' stresses Professor Piepoli.
And nearly two thirds (59%) of those polled still didn't realise they might be having a
heart attack at the point they finally sought medical help for their symptoms.
Simon Gillespie, chief executive at the British Heart Foundation, said: "It's extremely alarming that the majority of people who suffer
heart attacks mistake their symptoms for something less serious and delay getting medical help.
HEART attacks killed more than 150 people in Kirklees "prematurely", figures reveal.
Then the researchers checked the Danish National Hospital Registry to see which people in either group had a
heart attack. From records of the Danish HIV Cohort Study and the Copenhagen General Population Study, the investigators classified each person as a current smoker, a previous smoker, or a never smoker.
Including
heart attack deaths, CHD kills around 3,200 people in the North East each year.
Although figures for
heart attack deaths remain high, medical research - much of it funded by BHF - has helped significantly improve survival rates.
Two of them, labelled microRNA 122 and microRNA 126, seem to disappear from the blood prior to a
heart attack.
The new definitions identify the different kinds of
heart attack by their causes.
During a
heart attack, symptoms last 30 minutes or longer and are not relieved by rest or nitroglycerin under the tongue.
The
heart attack data used in this analysis are based on 707,527 interviews conducted in 2008 and 2009 as part of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.
However, not everyone recognizes and responds to the signs of a
heart attack. A study in the May 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine found that nearly half of people with a history of heart disease have poor knowledge of
heart attack symptoms, and many of them (especially men) underestimate their risk.
A MERSEYSIDE headteacher is backing a new health campaign after almost dying of a
heart attack - because he didn't have the change for a hospital car park.
Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- A new study has shown that opening all the blockages is better than treating only the one blockage causing the
heart attack. This led to a 26% reduction in the patient's risk of dying or having a recurrent
heart attack.
Within just eight days, Michael Adams, a 59-year-old husband and father of two from Moore, suffered a
heart attack and a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) -- he survived them both.
