Israel Matzav

Autopsy confirms: Terrorist Abu Ein died of a heart attack

An autopsy attended by 'Palestinian,' Jordanian and Israeli doctors has confirmed that terrorist Zeid Abu Ein died of a heart attack which began at a violent demonstration on Wednesday.

Initially, Hussein al-Sheikh, a top Palestinian official, told Reuters that Jordanian and Palestinian doctors involved in the late night examination of the body said Ziad Abu Ein, 55, had died from being struck, inhaling tear gas and not receiving prompt medical attention.

However, the report, being led by Palestinian, Jordanian and Israeli pathologists, said the death was caused by blockage in the coronary artery, and there were signs of light internal bleeding and localized pressure on the neck.

The deceased suffered from heart disease, and there was evidence that plaque buildup were clogging more than 80% of his blood vessels, as well as signs that he had suffered heart attacks in the past.

Dr. Hen Kugel, the Israeli doctor who took part in the autopsy, told Ynet that the report was not final and that they were awaiting on the return of some tests, however "we know what happended there – he died from a heart attack. He had significant blockage of the arteries and his heart was in bad shape. When they grabbed his neck it caused massive stress which led to bleeding and then full blockage which is what killed him."

"There is no disagreement with the Palestinians about this, the only thing we still need to find out about is wounding to his front teeth, tongue and windpipe. These could be a result of resuscitation attempts or an attack as the Palestinians claim, but it doesn’t matter, he died because of his heart and stress," Dr. Kugel said.

But the 'Palestinians' will blame Israel anyway, and this will be another excuse for incitement to violence anyway.

Labels: heart disease, IDF, Israeli border police, Palestinian incitement, Palestinian terrorism, Palestinian terrorists, peaceful demonstrations

Israelis take too long to get to hospital, but heart attack mortality rate down 50% since 2000

Despite taking an average of nearly two hours to get to the hospital after a heart attack starts, the mortality rate from heart attacks for Israelis has dropped from 5.4 % in 2000 to 2.2% by 2010. By comparison, the mortality rate in the United States for heart attack victims in 2010 was 16.2%.

The study, the full results of which are to be released at a conference next week in Tel Aviv, says that over 75% of heart attack victims are men and the average age of a victim is 63.5. In 2000, 26% of men who had a cardiac arrest suffered a repeat, related occurrence within the next month, while in 2010 only 10% had a repeat heart attack or stroke.

The decline in mortality is credited to expanded treatment facilities and an aggressive program of catheter angiography, a treatment that can be used to quickly determine if an artery is blocked, enabling “immediate opening of the artery while enabling optimal medical therapy on [hospital] admission,” said Dr. Amit Segev, Israel Heart Society head.

The data indicated that Israelis take an average of nearly two hours (111 minutes) to arrive at the hospital after the onset of heart attack symptoms, a long time in a situation where every minute counts. For women, that figure is even higher — more than 130 minutes on average.

Hmmm.

Labels: heart disease

Your feel good post of the day

The IDF civil administration took Jewish and Arab children with heart conditions for an outing at the Jerusalem zoo this week.

Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Mrs. Carl).

More details about this story here.

Some apartheid, eh?

Labels: children, heart disease, Jerusalem zoo