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Right-Sided Heart Attacks

Betty Rodgers/Heart Attack Survivor - "I had no idea I was having a heart attack. No pain, just some tightness in my chest that moved to the side of my throat."

66-year-old Betty Rodgers is doing her spring gardening and enjoying an active
life more than three years after suffering the most dangerous type of heart attack.

Dr. James Goldstein/Beaumont Cardiologist - "At least one out of four heart attacks involves damage to both the right and left sides of the heart. These so-called 'right-sided' attacks are a deadly form of heart attack."

Betty received emergency Angioplasty, a treatment that was profiled in the
newspapers at the time.

In a study published in today's New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. James
Goldstein of Beaumont Hospital proved betty made the right choice.

Dr. Goldstein - "Angioplasty dramatically improves the odds for patients,
offering a chance for excellent survival."

The right side of the heart pumps blood into the lungs to get oxygen and pumps
blood back to the left side of the heart.

Today we watched as Beaumont doctors perform an emergency Angioplasty on
another heart attack victim.

A tiny balloon is inserted into the artery, and inflated to open the blockage.

It's totally blocked right there. and now after the Angioplasty, you'll see
there's the wire, the blood flow is restored, and the flow is excellent.

Betty - "There's no pain in Angioplasty. You feel nothing really."

In Betty's case, her husband called 9-1-1, getting her to the hospital in 15
minutes. But too many people wait because they don't realize they're having a
heart attack.

Dr. Goldstein - "Typical warning signs include discomfort in the chest, pain
that may travel to the shoulder, arm or jaw, breathlessness, nausea,
faintness."

Timing is critical, because the right side of the heart has an amazing ability
to heal.

Dr. Goldstein - "In a right-side heart attack, if you restore blood flow you
see almost complete recovery."

Betty - "I felt great afterwards. It was nothing. It was to me the best way to
go."


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