Episode 56: Heart Attacks
2 Docs Talk: The podcast about healthcare, the science of medicine and everything in between. - A podcast by Kendall Britt, MD and Amy Rogers, MD
The media serves us a lot of news about some very flashy diseases. Sometimes is skews our perception of what the most serious threats to our health really are. But no matter what new danger the latest headlines proclaim, heart disease remains the number one cause of death in the United States. Often, those deaths are caused by heart attacks. In today's episode, 2 Docs Talk about heart attacks, what they are, how they are treated, and how you should respond if you think you or someone near you is having one. Resources: Prognosis after out of hospital cardiac arrest with and without automatic external defibrillation. A stem cell treatment for heart disease currently being pursued. Be sure and subscribe in iTunes or Stitcher if you haven’t already. And you know we’d appreciate it so much if you would tell your friends about 2 Docs Talk! Listen on iTunes Listen on Stitcher Now Available on Google Play Music!
