The risk of heart attack and heart disease can be avoided if the signs are picked up early: recognising them naturally speeds up the call for help and significantly increases the victim's chance of survivalEven a healthy heart can succumb…
Osler nodes and Janeway lesions are two rare but well-known skin manifestations of bacterial endocarditis. They have also rarely been described in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), gonococcaemia (gonorrhoea), haemolytic anaemia and…
The defibrillator is an instrument that can save a person in cardiac arrest. But who can use it? What does the law and the criminal code say? Obviously, the laws vary from country to country, but in principle the 'Good Samaritan rule', or…
To prevent the most serious event among cardiovascular diseases, the heart attack, it is essential to follow an active, healthy and balanced lifestyle, as well as to carry out tests and preventive examinations, especially in the case of…
Generally, the first of the symptoms that are associated with a heart attack is chest pain, but there are other signs that it is important to be able to recognise, as well as the difference with which they manifest themselves in men and…