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This is very sad and shocking news. What I find interesting is that he was already at the hospital prior to the heart attack (he went in due to a fishbone he sw
by rexreed 14y ago
This is very sad and shocking news. What I find interesting is that he was already at the hospital prior to the heart attack (he went in due to a fishbone he swallowed). Was he misdiagnosed, or was it so sudden and so catastrophic that even with no transit time to the hospital he died? Anyone with experience that can shed some light on that? I always thought there was a "golden hour" for things like this.
- pragone 14y agoYes and no - the faster you can get them to the hospital, the better the chance. But complete occlusion of one of many arteries or veins will lead to sudden death, and each minute that passes means death of the heart muscle. Heart muscle death means less likelihood of being able to restart the heart. Most commonly found in inferior MIs, whereby the blood pressure will plummet. Truth is, there's still a lot about the heart we don't know, even in the areas of preventive medicine. It's possible a preliminary screening for cholesterol and high blood pressure would've caught it. It's also possible for his cholesterol and blood pressure and other markers to be normal.
- buyx 14y agoI know someone (also in his early 50s) who was driven to hospital by his doctor wife after experiencing vague chest pain and other non-specific symptoms. He didn't know he was having a heart attack. His heart stopped while in the ER waiting to be examined, and she resuscitated him herself. His survival (with no impairment) was dependent on his wife recognising the signs of the heart attack, and getting him to a hospital in time, and being a doctor. I suspect that in that sort of situation, luck plays a big part.