Archive for the 'prevent heart disease' Category

Massive heart attack

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Wednesday, October 01, 2008 at 9:48 p.m. JEFFERSON CITY — The state’s emergency responders are moving forward with a plan to implement a statewide emergency care plan for people who suffer from stroke or a serious type of heart attack called a Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI). A meeting Tuesday in Jefferson City brought together [...]

The Heart and Its Functioning and Structure

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

The heart is placed behind the breast bone and within the ribs (thoracic cage) with the lungs on either side. It is a hollow muscular organ made up of smooth muscles (myocardium). It is enclosed in a sac known as the pericardium (outside layer), and shaped like an egg, is about the size of a [...]