Studies from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Yield New Information about Heart Attack

2012 MAY 4 -- Fresh data on Heart Attack are presented in the report "Emergency cardiac surgery in patients with acute coronary syndromes: a review of the evidence and perioperative implications of medical and mechanical therapeutics." According to the authors of a study from Baltimore, Maryland, "Patients with acute coronary syndromes who require emergency cardiac surgery present complex management challenges. The early administration of antiplatelet and antithrombotic drugs has improved overall survival for patients with acute myocardial infarction, but to achieve maximal benefit, these drugs are given before coronary anatomy is known and before the decision to perform...

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