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When a person has a heart attack, portions of the heart muscle die in the next several days or even weeks if deprived of oxygen for long enough. The recovering heart slowly remodels itself, even fostering the growth of new blood vessels, in an attempt to regain some of its former function. But all too often, the remodeling is actually harmful, and the damaged heart is on an inevitable downward slide to heart failure.
Healthcare professionals are invited to 'Miracle on Ice: Therapeutic Hypothermia for Cardiac Arrest Patients' September 9 and 10 in Minneapolis. The conference is devoted to the fundamentals of establishing and developing a cooling program and features Minneapolis physicians and other national experts."We are sharing what we've learned with physicians and hospitals who are just beginning therapeutic hypothermia programs and with those who want to expand existing programs."
Tau pathology is one of the defining features of Alzheimer disease (AD), which is the most common form of dementia in older age.
Each year more than 300,000 Americans will succumb to out-of-hospital sudden cardiac death (SCD) - the immediate and unexpected cessation of the heart's ability to function properly - one of the leading causes of death in the United States.
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