Tag: "heart attack"
Rosie O’Donnell heart attack raises women and heart disease awareness
Talk show host and actress Rosie O’Donnell helped raise awareness of women’s heart disease risk yesterday by posting on her blog news of her recent heart attack: “maybe this is a heart attack … i googled womens heart attack symptoms … i had many of them … but really? – i thought – naaaa” It turned out she had a [...]
Heart Attack Outcomes at Barnes-Jewish Receive Recognition
We’re excited to announce the Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Heart & Vascular Center is a 2012 recipient of the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline Gold Performance Achievement Award. The award recognizes our “commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients that effectively improves the survival and care of STEMI (ST Elevation [...]
New 12-Lead EKGs Help Treat St. Louis Heart Attack Patients Much Faster
We have exciting news to share that should be reassuring to anyone living in the City of St. Louis. Thanks to the purchase of new 12-lead EKGs by several organizations (including Barnes-Jewish) and a generous donation from Ambassador Sam Fox, the St. Louis City Fire Department now has technology on board all of their Advanced Life [...]
Defibrillation helped keep the marathon runner on track
This is a great example of how a relatively simple procedure can help get the heart back on track. As you may well know, cardiac arrest can strike at any time, and can happen to anyone – young, old, athletes & couch potatoes alike. Ron Rubin was no couch potato. He was training for a [...]
Barnes-Jewish Hospital President Rich Liekweg sheds light on readmission rates and medicare payments
Dear BJH Team Members and Physicians: Today’s Post-Dispatch featured a front-page article focusing on Barnes-Jewish Hospital’s readmission rates. The story reflects the data updated on August 5 on the “Hospital Compare” website by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This data, from July 2007 through June 2010, measures hospitals’ readmission and mortality rates. [...]
A pioneer in the fight for women's health issues dies at 67
Dr. Bernadine Healy may be unknown to many, but it’s because of her determination that women’s heart health is in the forefront of medical discussions today. Dr. Healy, who started out as a cardiologist, went on to become the first woman to lead both the National Institutes of Health (1991 – 1993) and the American [...]
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