Heart Attack

Report summarizes heart attack study findings from Mayo Clinic, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases

Published in Heart Disease Weekly, September 9th, 2007

Fresh data on heart attack are presented in the report "Complications of myocardial infarction. Echocardiography is a most useful bedside tool to help in the diagnosis and management of critically ill patients after acute myocardial infarction. In most instances, the mechanism of unexplained shock will be elucidated," investigators in the United States report.

"Transesophageal echocardiography can further delineate the mechanical complications of myocardial infarction when the transthoracic echocardiogram may not be adequate. This article will focus on the mechanical complications of myocardial infarction in patients who most often present with cardiogenic shock or...

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