Search Tag: rehospitalisations

Cardiology Management

Patients-with-cardiogenic-shock-fare-well-post-discharge

2016 16 Feb

A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology shows that heart attack patients who experience cardiogenic shock have a higher risk of death or rehospitalisation than non-shock patients in the first 60 days post-discharge, but the gap between the two groups narrows by the end of the first year. For the purpose of the...Read more

Cardiology Management

Heart-attack-patients-without-obstructive-cad-at-high-risk-of-residual-angina

2015 23 Aug

According to new research published in the  European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, patients without obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) have the same risk of angina as those with obstructive CAD.  The researchers observe that patients are at a significant risk of incurring residual angina following a heart attack even...Read more