People with severe psoriasis are 58 percent more likely to have
a major cardiac event and 43 percent more likely to have a stroke, according to one study.
«Type 2 diabetes accompanied by an acute coronary syndrome needs much more attention, especially in order to prevent yet
another major cardiac event,» says Principal Investigator Dr. William B. White, a professor in the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center at UConn Health.
During the nearly month - long follow - up period, there were no differences between the two groups in the percentages of patients that had a stent placed to open an artery, underwent coronary artery bypass surgery, returned to the emergency room or experienced
a major cardiac event, such as heart attack.
Patients with chest pain have similar rates of heart attacks and other
major cardiac events within two years whether they were evaluated with a new type of CT scan or the traditional stress test, according to results presented today by Duke Medicine researchers at a meeting of the American College of Cardiology.
«Thus, 99.4 % of adherent patients avoided
major cardiac events.»
Not exact matches
The project included public training programs in defibrillators and compression - only CPR at schools, hospitals and
major events such as the N.C. State Fair, plus additional instruction for EMS and other emergency workers on optimal care for patients in
cardiac arrest.
The primary endpoint was 30 - day net adverse clinical
events (NACE), a composite of
major adverse
cardiac and cerebral
events (MACCE; all - cause death, reinfarction, ischemia - driven target vessel revascularization, or stroke) or any bleeding as defined by the Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) definition.
This data was then compared with patients» outcomes, including heart attack or the occurrence of
major adverse
cardiac events within 30 days.
Post-transplant, patients with diabetes experienced a significant decline in
major fatal / nonfatal
cardiac events and deaths from infections over time.
Recovery and outcomes were assessed in several ways: MACE (
major adverse
cardiac events, ranging from hospitalization for chest pain to death), ejection fraction, measured by magnetic resonance imaging, and perfusion or blood flow in the heart, measured by SPECT imaging.
Does anhedonia and / or depressed mood predict recurrent
major adverse
cardiac events (MACEs) in people with acute coronary syndromes (ACS)?