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Heart attacks - myocardial infarction
Guide picks
A list of sites providing information on myocardial infarctions (heart attacks)

How to survive a heart attack - the 1st 24 hours
What to do if you think you may be having a heart attack - the all-important first few hours. By your guide.

How to survive a heart attack - after the first day
This article tells what is SUPPOSED to happen after the first day of a heart attack, so you can make sure it happens to you. From your Guide.

Post-heart-attack depression
Post-open heart (and post heart attack) depression is prevalent, and dangerous if untreated. Unfortunately, it is likely to be confused with "pump head," and missed.

A post-heart-attack checklist
A checklist of the items you and your doctor need to address after you've suffered a heart attack - from your Guide

Why blood clots in arteries, and how to treat it
A review of blood clotting, and the drugs that are used to prevent and treat the clots that cause heart attack and stroke. By your Guide.

Do HMOs drop the ball after heart attacks?
A review of the data, and commentary by your Guide

A heart attack primer
From WebMD.com, a well-written review for patients

Acute MI
A summary of key facts about heart attack

Sudden death after heart attacks
The MADIT II study shows who is at risk, and how it can be prevented

An explosive situation
The Franklin Institute emphasizes the importance of early treatment

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