By John Lichfield in Paris, The Independent
Thursday, 12 June 2008
France may have to reconsider its medical definition of death after a heart-attack victim came alive in the operating theatre as doctors were about to remove his organs for transplant.
The patient, whose identity has not been revealed, recovered after a long period in intensive [...]
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‘Dead’ patient comes around as organs are about to be removed
Posted in CHEST PAIN, HEART, Men's health, Politics, RISKS, Science, Vascular disease, diagnosis, health, life, news on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Aspirin resistance in cardiovascular disease
Posted in CHEST PAIN, Editor, HEART, HEART ATTACKS, RISKS, bmj, chronic disease, health on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BMJ 2008;336:166-167 (26 January).Editorials by Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, assistant professor in cardiology et al.
Aspirin resistance in cardiovascular disease carries a worse prognosis, but may be indicative of pre-existing higher risk.
Aspirin has clear benefits in cardiovascular disease. It reduces total mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and cardiovascular morbidity in people with cardiovascular disease or those at high risk of [...]
CHEST PAIN UNITS: NOT EFFECTIVE
Posted in CHEST PAIN, Editor, HEART, HEART ATTACKS, bmj, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life on October 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
BY: Mike Clancy, ER consultant, BMJ 2007;335:623-624 (29 September)
Acute chest pain is responsible for one in four emergency medical admissions in the United Kingdom observation and investigation is not easy, especially when the consequences of misdiagnosis include infarction, arrhythmia, and death.
The strategy of evaluating such patients in a chest pain unit based within or near [...]
CHEST PAIN: CALL AN AMBULANCE AND NOT YOUR DOCTOR
Posted in CHEST PAIN, HEART, HEART ATTACKS, bmj, chronic disease, diagnosis, life, news on October 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Patients with cardiac chest pain should call emergency services
BY: Will T Roberts, research fellow, Adam D Timmis, professor of clinical cardiology BMJ 2007;335:669 (29 September).
In acute myocardial infarction, the risk of ventricular fibrillation is highest in the first 12 hours after onset of symptoms.
Key points
In acute myocardial infarction the most important means of saving life is to [...]
