Primary Angioplasty--Time Is of the Essence

Article Abstract:

If hospitals want to offer heart attack patients angioplasty, they should do so within two hours of admission. Angioplasty is a technique that opens blocked coronary arteries, which cause most heart attacks. A study published in 2000 showed that patients who received angioplasty more than two hours after admission had higher mortality rates than those who received it sooner. Hospitals that performed several angioplasties every month had lower mortality rates than those that performed the technique infrequently.

Care and treatment, Heart attack, Transluminal angioplasty, Balloon angioplasty

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Updated Guidelines for Cholesterol Management

Article Abstract:

Doctors should try to implement the recommendations of the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults, which is published in the May 16, 2001 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Detecting and treating high cholesterol levels can reduce the mortality rate of people with coronary heart disease.

Prevention, Drug therapy, Hypercholesterolemia

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Aspirin Use and All-Cause Mortality Among Patients Being Evaluated for Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease: A Propensity Analysis

Article Abstract:

Aspirin appears to be capable of lowering the risk of death from any cause, not just from heart disease. This was the conclusion of researchers who followed 6,174 patients, 2,310 of whom were taking aspirin, for three years. The effect was strongest in elderly patients, those with coronary heart disease, and those with impaired exercise tolerance.

Patient outcomes, Mortality, Aspirin

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