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Heart Attack
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- Overviews
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention/Screening
- Health Check Tools
- Rehabilitation/Recovery
- Specific Conditions
- Related Issues
- Clinical Trials
- Research
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Organizations
- Statistics
- Women
Latest News
- Latest News
- High-Dose Painkillers Increase Heart Attack Risk (06/14/2005, Reuters Health)
- Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients at Increased Risk of Stroke (06/14/2005, American Heart Association)
- NSAIDs May Up Heart Attack Risk (06/11/2005, United Press International)
- Stress May Be Behind Unexplained Cardiac Arrest (06/09/2005, Reuters Health)
- Report Finds Depression Is Widespread among Heart Attack Patients (05/20/2005, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
- Promise of New Medical Uses for Sodium Nitrite for Heart Attack and Organ Damage (05/14/2005, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- More News on Heart Attack
From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Act in Time to: Heart Attack Signs (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Promise of New Medical Uses for Sodium Nitrite for Heart Attack and Organ Damage (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- What Is a Heart Attack? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Heart Attack (American Heart Association)
- Heart Attack (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Heart Attack
(Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish
Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Cardiac Biomarkers (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- CK-MB Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Coronary Angiogram and Angioplasty (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish - Echocardiogram: Sound Imaging of the Heart (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Echocardiography Stress Test (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish - Ejection Fraction (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Electrocardiogram: Tracking Heartbeat Regulation (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Hypertensive Crisis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Myoglobin Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- New Blood Tests for Detecting Heart Disease (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF
- Patient Questions and Answers about Nuclear Cardiology (American Society of Nuclear Cardiology)
- Thallium Stress Test (American Heart Association)
- Troponin Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- What Are the Symptoms of a Heart Attack? (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Treatment
- Treatment
- Aspirin and Cardiovascular Disease (UpToDate)
- Automated External Defibrillator (AED) (Food and Drug Administration)
- How Is a Heart Attack Treated? (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- JAMA Patient Page: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (American Medical Association)
- Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA) (American Heart Association)
- What Are Anticoagulants and Antiplatelet Agents?
(American Heart Association) - Links to PDF
Prevention/Screening
- Prevention/Screening
- C-Reactive Protein: A Simple Test to Help Predict Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF
- Heart Attack: Emergency Survival Guide for the Worst-Case Scenario (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Heart Attack: Warning Signs and Tips on Prevention (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- MedlinePlus: Heart Diseases--Prevention (National Library of Medicine)
Also available in: Spanish
Health Check Tools
- Health Check Tools
- Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating Your 10-Year Risk of Having a Heart Attack (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Rehabilitation/Recovery
- Rehabilitation/Recovery
- Cardiac Rehab: Healing Mind and Body (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Cardiac Rehabilitation (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish - Heart Attack: Getting Back into Your Life After a Heart Attack (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Also available in: Spanish
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Acute Coronary Occlusion: A Common Cause of Heart Attack (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Types of Heart Attack (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Call 911 -- Before It's Too Late (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Depression After a Heart Attack (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Dressler's Syndrome (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Sexual Activity and Heart Disease or Stroke (American Heart Association)
- What Happens during a Heart Attack? (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Myocardial Infarction (National Institutes of Health)
Research
- Research
- ACE Inhibitors after Heart Attacks: Varying Effects? (American College of Physicians)
- Can Stem Cells Restore Cardiac Tissue After a Heart Attack? (American College of Physicians)
- Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors and Heart Attacks: Varying Effects? (American College of Physicians)
- Deep Periodontal Pockets Increase Risk for Electrocardiographic Abnormalities (American Academy of Periodontology)
- Levels of Risk Factors Associated with Heart Attacks (American College of Physicians)
- Randomized Trial of Low-Dose Aspirin in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women: The Women's Health Study (American Heart Association)
- Risk for Heart Attacks with Different NSAIDs (American College of Physicians)
- Statin Therapy and the Outcomes during Hospitalization for Acute Coronary Syndromes (American College of Physicians)
- Sudden Death in Military Recruits (American College of Physicians)
- Update on Cholesterol Guidelines: More-Intensive Treatment Options for Higher Risk Patients (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy of the Human Heart (Texas Heart Institute)
Also available in: Spanish - Normal Heart and How It Works (American Heart Association)
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Glossary of Cardiovascular Terminology (Texas Heart Institute)
Women
- Women
- Panic Attack or Heart Attack? (Women's Heart Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish - Women: Warning! It Could Be a Heart Attack! (National Women's Health Information Center)
Also available in: Spanish