Implementing a Heart Care Navigation team for acute myocardial infarction improved compliance with guideline-based care and decreased mortality and readmission rates.
However, only about 50% of adults knew all 5 common heart attack symptoms in 2017.
A review of the 2016 American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology guidelines for management and diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease.
Women with 5 or more live births at increased risk for coronary heart disease, hospitalized MI.
Increase especially great among women, who were less likely to receive guideline-based treatment.
Blood pressure, smoking, type 1 and 2 diabetes linked to higher hazard ratios for women than men.
Certain weather conditions are associated with an increased risk for myocardial infarction.
Of TTS survivors, 11.9% readmitted within 30 days, with associated mortality of 3.5%.
Rate of acute myocardial infarction one per 12,400 for those hospitalized during pregnancy, puerperium.
A 55-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease reports having some mild chest pain.
