DU Doctors! What the heck is "A Minor Heart Attack"?

[benburch]

Is that even a term the medical community would recognize?

[Inland]

1. Uh....someone elses?

No, there's heart attacks that are barely perceptible in terms of muscle damage. Some aren't discovered for days later. But I'm no doctor.

[Punkingal]

2. They usually say "mild" heart attack...

In my experience. (I'm not a doctor.) They also said "very stable" yesterday, and they usually just say "stable." They spin everything.

[sabbat hunter]

3. yes they would

it means only a small part of the heart was affected. with a minor heart attack, if treated immediately, the patient is back up and walking in a day and out of the hospital quickly. with a more major attack a longer recovery time is necessary.

[SPKrazy]

5. So He Will Be There A Week

does that sound so minor?

[sabbat hunter]

22. well

he is also recovering from gunshot wounds :P

[SPKrazy]

23. Oh Spin Me Some More!

The media and their "pellet gun" meme hasn't spun me enough already!:tv: :radio: :web: :sarcasm:

[sabbat hunter]

29. didnt you notice

the little :p ?

but seriously even a mild heart attack usually requires a week long stay in the hospital, for tests, to make sure you arent at risk for a bigger attack, rest and recuperation.

[SPKrazy]

4. As Opposed To Massive Heart Attack

not a doctor though

did stay at Holiday Inn Express

[cybildisobedience]

14. made me laugh

heart

[dave29]

18. this holiday inn express?

[sui generis]

6. got in a blood vessel supplying blood to the heart

which may have caused an infarction (local tissue necrosis due to blockage of blood supply).

Catching an infarction early means less tissue death, better prognosis for survival.

[im10ashus]

10. That makes sense.

A minor heart attack is usually caused from minor blockage. He had none of the other classic symptoms they are saying. :shrug:

[benburch]

12. Thanks!

As always you are a font of useful knowledge! :thumbsup:

[Media_Lies_Daily]

7. One that doesn't kill you right away?

[bettyellen]

8. they keep saying it was minor because he didn't have pain.... but you'd

think he must be on serious pain killers, no?
i know the doc was loathe to admit the bird shot had touched the heart at all, but he finally did admit just that.

[havocmom]

15. AH, so the President of Vice in America shot a guy in the heart?

Better headline material. At least it rules out the 'looking for a donor' angle some had suggested.

[bettyellen]

19. all of a sudden it IS a shooting, not peppering or spraying....

or something to joke about.

[AllegroRondo]

9. Thats like "kind of" pregnant.

ANY heart attack is serious.

[johnnie]

11. That is a term

Mild heart attack = How can we cover this up?

[txindy]

16. It goes right along with being "Very stable."

Which he was yesterday, "some people say."

Word games. The cabal just loves word games. Meanwhile, they have a dummy for pResident. Go figure.

[havocmom]

13. Minor heart attack is what my mom had when she was uncomfortable

enough to ask to be taken to the hospital, but not so bad they kept her more than a few hours. Sent her home with instructions to call her primary care doctor and get a stress test.

Major heart attack was when she got done with the stress test, which she passed with flying colors, then keeled over five minutes later, requiring paddles and breathing machines 4 times in the next 24 hours.

Yeah, her doctor was in tears when he called me to tell me to get my ass into town. Said, "Hurry, I may have killed her". She had driven herself the day he had her come for the stress test. He was not sure she would be around by the time I got there.

She pulled through... tough old girl she was. And she kept him on as her doctor til the end of her days, years later.

[Whoa_Nelly]

17. Also to consider: Cardiac catheterization and the risks

Cardiac catheterization and the risks
http://tinyurl.com/awub4

What the risks are

Cardiac catherization carries a slightly increased risk when compared with other heart tests. However, the test is very safe when performed by an experienced team.

Generally, the risk of serious complications ranges from 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 500.
The risks include the following:

Cardiac arrhythmias
Cardiac tamponade
Trauma to the artery caused by hematoma
Low blood pressure
Reaction to contrast medium
Hemorrhage
Stroke
Heart attack
Considerations associated with any type of catheterization include the following:

In general, there is a risk of bleeding, infection, and pain at the IV site.
There is always a very small risk that the soft plastic catheters could actually damage the blood vessels.
Blood clots could form on the catheters and later block blood vessels elsewhere in the body.
The contrast material could damage the kidneys (particularly in patients with diabetes).

[zanne]

20. I had a "minor" heart attack.

It hurt like hell and it was very difficult to breathe. I was walking at the time--I had to sit on the curb. Someone called an ambulance for me. I couldn't believe it was a "minor" attack. Wow. I had bypass surgery a week later.

[w8liftinglady]

21. When there is heart damage,2 chemicals elevate

troponin and Ck-we measure these at intervals to see the "newness" of the heart damage.When a patient has a change in rhythm,it is standard to measure these chemicals at about 6 hour intervals,and compare them to the ekg to assess for damage.

[seabeyond]

24. = to minor peppering n/t

[Cleita]

25. I always thought it was one that didn't kill you.

:shrug:

[Coexist]

26. "heart attack" is a "layman's term"

didn't you get the memo...

:evilgrin:

[lonestarnot]

27. a minor heart attack is one that is minimized by W.H. acuity.

[Saphire]

28. I thought that it was just a "heart incident".....according to Freeper.