by Indiana University School of Medicine An overarching model of how hemorrhagic infarction promotes chronic heart failure via fat deposition. a) Following MI, compensatory remodeling promotes partial recovery of LV function in the early weeks following the index event. In hemorrhagic infarction, the extravasated red blood cells promote active inflammation and participate in the formation...
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Heart attack survivors may be at greater risk of mental decline
by American College of Cardiology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A heart attack’s impact on the brain may be more serious than previously understood. About 1 in 3 heart attack survivors showed significant mental decline in the days and months following their heart attack, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 71stAnnual...
Heart attack survivors may be less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease
by American Heart Association Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People who have had a heart attack may be slightly less likely than people in the general population to develop Parkinson’s disease later in life, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart...
Drinking green tea, coffee lowers risk of death for stroke and heart attack survivors
by American Heart Association Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Stroke and heart attack survivors can reduce multiple causes of death and prevent further cardiovascular events by drinking green tea, according to new research published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association. The study also found daily coffee consumption...
Omega-3s did not reduce cardiac events in recent heart attack survivors
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, Nov. 15, 2020 — A daily dose of omega-3 fatty acids did not reduce the risk of cardiac events, including secondary heart attack, stroke, bypass surgery or death, among elderly people who had survived a recent heart attack, according to late-breaking research presented today at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2020. The...