Heart attack victims over age 65 are less likely than younger patients to receive timely intervention to open their blocked heart arteries, researchers say. That finding came as a result of preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Quailty of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2019. The event is a global exchange of… Continue reading Heart-Attack Patients Over 65 Are Treated Differently
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Patient Mood Can Impact Medical Procedure Results
Feeling high levels of distress, fear and hostility prior to undergoing an angioplasty or other interventional radiology procedure may lead to a poor outcome, according to research presented December 3rd 2016 at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago. A release from the society quotes study author Nadja Kadom,… Continue reading Patient Mood Can Impact Medical Procedure Results