Heart Attack
New heart attack research from St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital outlined
Published in Cardiovascular Business Week, May 6th, 2008
Fresh data on heart attack are presented in the report 'Percutaneous ventricular assist device support in a patient with a postinfarction ventricular septal defect.' "Complications of acute myocardial infarction have decreased in number and severity due to the application of early thrombolytic coronary revascularization techniques. Nonetheless, the mortality rate associated with these complications remains high," scientists writing in the Texas Heart Institute Journal report.
"Ventricular septal rupture is one of the complications that can occur after myocardial infarction. In the treatment of postinfarction ventricular septal rupture, the need for immediate...
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