Sentences with phrase «of subsequent heart attacks»

It reduces the risk of subsequent heart attacks and death.

A study found patients who took fish oil after having a heart attack dramatically reduced their risk of subsequent heart attacks.

A randomized controlled trial found that a Mediterranean - type diet can dramatically lower the risk of subsequent heart attacks.

Heart failure is a chronic condition in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs, leaving people tired, breathless and at high risk of subsequent heart attacks.

Not exact matches

In the new study, patients receiving angioplasty with the new stents had a 47 percent higher risk of one of the outcomes identified as a primary endpoint in the study: death, heart attack and subsequent procedure to clear blocked arteries, as compared to patients who received bypass.

After 4.6 years, no difference was seen between the two groups in their subsequent rate of heart attacks or strokes.

After adjusting for baseline characteristics the researchers found that the rates of stroke and subsequent heart attacks were similar between the two groups, but patients prescribed antidepressants had significantly worse survival.

Delayed or deferred stent implantation in patients experiencing the deadliest form of heart attack — ST - segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)-- failed to reduce death from any cause, hospitalization for heart failure, subsequent heart attacks or the need for a repeat procedure to restore blood flow to the heart, researchers reported at the American College of Cardiology's 65th Annual Scientific Session.

Adding the antiplatelet drug ticagrelor to aspirin as long - term therapy after a heart attack significantly reduced the rate of subsequent death from cardiovascular causes, heart attack or stroke, with the benefit appearing to accrue for nearly three years, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's 64th Annual Scientific Session.

Researchers looked at 536 heart disease patients between 30 and 70 years old to evaluate sexual activity in the 12 months before a heart attack and estimate the association of frequency of sexual activity with subsequent cardiovascular events, including fatal heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death.

Prompt drug treatment after a heart attack reduces damage to the heart, subsequent health impairment and the likelihood of death.

«All patients suffering from blockage of an artery in the heart or brain should receive 325 mg regular aspirin promptly and daily aspirin thereafter to reduce their death rate as well as subsequent heart attacks and strokes,» said Hennekens.

The stability of plaque is a major factor in the risk of heart attack, as rupture of a plaque and its subsequent occlusion of the artery may be the initiating event of a heart attack.

In the series finale, Roseanne's character revealed that Dan's heart attack at the end of Season 8 was actually fatal and his subsequent appearances part of a fantasized coping mechanism.

The actor's subsequent heart attack was very likely the result of the «Misfits» shoot, and he died days afterward.

Having overcome a serious car accident, two heart attacks, a quadruple heart bi-pass operation, the trauma of a kidnapping and being buried alive for 16 hours, the subsequent PTSD, and finally, cancer, Karp has resiliently triumphed over adversity, while staying focused on her true passion: authentic service.

Maya's research and subsequent observations must be giving the authors of this study heart attacks.