Three Things I Learned Today (2)
1. In the light of what happened to Michael Jackson, I have to admit that in spite of my present heart condition, I never thought of clarifying to myself what the difference is between cardiac arrest and heart attack. I already had one heart attack in August of 2004, and because of that, I now know just about anything that has to do with it. But then, came this event, Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest, which all along I thought was the same as heart attack. They are not the same thing. Cardiac arrest may not have something to do with heart disease at all. You can find the difference in this post from Everyday Health.
2. Doctors in the US have used a man’s own stem cells to treat his heart attack. According to this article from Medicine Net, the goal of this first of a kind treatment for heart attack is to repair cardiac muscle that has been damaged. The procedure involves using a catheter to inject the patient’s own stem cells into his coronary arteries. If the results for this pioneering procedure are positive, then it will be good news for people like me. Results are scheduled to be released late 2010.
3. Viagra helped to keep a baby with defective heart alive, The Times of India reported. Surgeons switched the two reversed main arteries the baby was born with when he was 16 days old. The baby had a heart attack and medics where he was brought diagnosed a rare incurable blood vessel disorder pulmonary hypertension which narrows the blood vessels around the lungs and increases blood pressure. Symptoms of this disease are similar to asthma. The doctors treating him prescribed liquid Viagra to keep the vessels open and improve blood circulation.
Have you learned anything new today?
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