Sentences with phrase «outcomes after a heart»

However, little is known about the impact of depression on outcome after a heart attack.»

These results are in line with previous research showing that depression is associated with worse outcomes after a heart attack or bypass surgery.

«Our findings also may have broader implications, possibly improving outcomes after heart attack in patients with other autoimmune disorders.»

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While some studies have looked at outcomes much later in life, this new study is the first to assess how breastfeeding affects markers of heart health in younger and middle - aged women, about a decade after having children.

OBTAIN (Outcomes of Beta - Blocker Therapy After Myocardial Infarction) is an observational multicenter registry in which beta - blocker dosing information was collected in patients with an acute heart attack at participating centers to assess the effect of dose on survival.

The researchers found that, after adjusting for potentially confounding factors, time spent with oxygen saturation < 90 %, sleep time, number of awakenings, periodic leg movements, heart rate, and daytime sleepiness were all associated with the composite outcome, with the total sleep time spent with oxygen saturation below 90 % being the strongest association (9 minutes vs. 0 minutes: hazard ratio = 1.5, 95 % confidence interval, 1.25 - 1.79).

Patients who underwent open - heart surgery in the afternoon experienced better health outcomes compared to those who got operated on in the morning, study authors found after six years of observing nearly 600 patients who underwent heart valve replacement.

The clinical trial differs from the pig trial in that it is testing whether ultrasound / microbubbles alone administered to heart attack patients both before and after balloon angioplasty and stenting results in better patient outcomes compared with balloon angioplasty and stenting alone.