I never lost consciousness, was never short of breath, and suffered
less damage to my heart than might have been expected (although I do have some degree of permanent damage.)
Researchers found that there was
less damage to the heart if its blood supply was briefly lowered beforehand.
At the same time, when mice that lacked the RGS6 protein were treated chronically with alcohol, they experienced
less damage to heart and liver as well as the lining of the gut compared to mice with the protein.
Not exact matches
Now, with new kinds of technologies that are coming up, new types of tissue engineering and, you know, some of the hopes that people have for stem cells and [the] like, it may be interesting
to see if there are other ways, alternatives
to dealing with really badly
damaged hearts that would involve growing a new
heart or replacing or repairing the
damage d
to a badly
damaged heart that might make artificial
hearts less important in the somewhat more distant future.
For example, a diseased
heart after a
heart attack exhibits a
less pronounced left ventricular twist due
to local
damage that extends through the
heart wall.
According
to Steven Tsui, who is director of mechanical assist
heart services at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, and will run the UK trials, the VentrAssist is
less likely
to damage red blood cells because it moves the blood more slowly with a bigger impeller.
This implies that the dystrophin breakdown
damaged the cell membranes, says Knowlton; this weakening of cell membranes allows the virus
to spread, but
damages the
heart, because it makes the cells
less resilient and
less able
to contract efficiently.
This resulted in
less self - digestion and
damage to the intestine,
heart and lungs.
But the
damage caused by a
heart attack can result in
heart failure — and patients diagnosed with
heart failure have an average life expectancy of
less than five years, according
to Dr. Chuck Murry, director of the Center for Cardiovascular Biology at the University of Washington in Seattle.
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News)-- In a surprising finding, people with sleep apnea appear
to suffer
less heart damage during a nonfatal
heart attack than those without the condition, researchers report.
Thanks
to new technological advances, the test is now widely used
to diagnose numerous cardiovascular conditions, including congestive
heart failure, coronary
heart disease, and the extent of
heart muscle
damage caused by
heart attacks (some of which may go unrecognized with
less sensitive technology).
«If you have too much sodium and too little potassium, it's worse than either one on its own,» said Dr. Thomas Farley, New York City's health commissioner, who has led efforts
to get the public
to eat
less salt... «Potassium may neutralize the
heart -
damaging effects of salt,» said Dr. Elena Kuklina, one of the study's authors at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... The research found people who eat a lot of salt and very little potassium were more than twice as likely
to die from a
heart attack as those who ate about equal amounts of both nutrients.
Not
to mention having a lot more free time,
less pain and, quicker recovery, and no long term scarring /
damage to the
heart.
I also hike a bit and do the occasional 5 - 10 mile run (used
to be a cross-country runner — now I err on the side of
less is more considering emerging evidence on endurance training and
heart damage).
Also, the
damaged heart will have much
less work
to do, so the dog may be able
to function pretty well when the worms are gone.
Hypertension (high blood pressure) is another potential complication of hyperthyroidism, although seen
less commonly, and this can cause
damage to several organs including the eyes, kidneys,
heart and brain.
If it has been
less than four hours, there is a chance
to stop any
damage from being done
to your dog's central nervous system,
heart, liver, kidneys, and brain.