AIM To determine the level of knowledge of signs and symptoms of heart attack and stroke in Singapore resident population, in comparison to the global community. METHODS A population based, random sample of 7,840 household addresses was selected from a validated national sampling frame. Each participant was asked eight questions on signs and symptoms of heart attack and 10 questions on stroke...

Heart failure is a major and growing public health issue. Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the association between diabetes mellitus and heart failure. Methods: In this study 150 (78 males and 72 females) participants of Libyan attended Emergency department and Intensive Care in Tajoura National Heart Center and Tripoli Medical Center, were selected during the period from 4/2013...

A family history of heart attack is reported to be an independent predictor of cardiovascular death in men. In a 9 year follow-up of 4014 adults from 40 to 79 years old in the Rancho Bernardo Study, men under 60 years of age with a family history of heart attack were at fivefold increased risk. In this study, we sought to determine whether modifiable risk factors, i.e., blood pressure, plasma c...

BACKGROUND Heart disease and stroke are the first and third leading causes of death of American women, respectively. African American women experience a disproportionate burden of these diseases compared with Caucasian women and are also more likely to delay seeking treatment for acute symptoms. As knowledge is a first step in seeking care, this study examined the knowledge of heart attack and ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States (1). Each year, approximately 790,000 adults have a myocardial infarction (heart attack), including 210,000 that are recurrent heart attacks (2). Cardiac rehabilitation (rehab) includes exercise counseling and training, education for heart-healthy living, and counseling to reduce stress. Cardiac rehab provides patients with educat...

Abstract— Aim: The aim of this study is to develop a predictive classification model that can identify risk factors for heart attack disease.
 Materials and Methods: In the study, patients with low high probability having were examined. Variable importance was calculated factors. radial basis function multilayer perception neural networks used compare prediction results.
 Results: MLP...

Body and mind are involved in the development of a heart attack. As far as the body is concerned, the analysis of heart activity shows a defective PNS. On a mental level, psychosomatic research has produced hard facts that show that suppressing feelings and depression, social isolation and constant negative stress, accompanied by an exaggerated desire for recognition, all play an important role...