Heart Attack

Business Life publisher John Krikorian remained in critical, but stable condition Thursday after suffering a massive heart attack while on stage a day earlier at the annual Glendale Fire Department awards luncheon. Krikorian was in the intensive care unit at Glendale Adventist Medical Center, his son, Greg Krikorian said. The elder Krikorian has responded to some questions, even squeezing his son's hand. “Thank God he was in the right place at the right time,” Greg Krikorian said.

Nina Bagley, who recently drove to Mexico and was found dead in her car, died of a heart attack, her son Howard Bagley said Thursday. Mexican coroners confirmed that a heart attack was the cause of Nina Bagley's death April 27, but told Howard Bagley that his mother could have suffered a stroke in the cerebral part of her brain. His mother had no history of a heart condition, Bagley said. "It also could have been Alzheimer's, but we don't know and we may never know," said Bagley, 55. "I thought maybe her diabetes was off or something.

A 68-year-old woman died of a heart attack Wednesday after sideswiping three parked cars in the Exchange parking structure, police said. The woman, whose name was not released Thursday pending family notification, allegedly drove her car into the other vehicles before crashing into a wall about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sgt. Lewie Guay said. An ambulance took her to Glendale Memorial Hospital, where she later died, Guay said. "We don't know if the [crash]

DOWNTOWN — A government study showing that a partial smoking ban had a dramatic effect on reducing heart attacks in a Colorado town may have implications for Glendale and Burbank, where similar ordinances have been passed in recent years, experts said. The study, published Dec. 30 by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, was the first conducted over a period as long as three years and showed a sustained decrease in hospital admissions for heart attacks, said Christine Nevin-Woods, the lead researcher on the study and the director of the Pueblo City-County Health Department in Pueblo, Colo.

A woman died Thursday from a heart attack after she and her daughter were involved in a hit-and-run car crash, and police are investigating whether the accident or an ensuing argument might have prompted her heart attack. Two cars were involved in a crash at Fairview Avenue and Brand Boulevard about noon Thursday, but none of the passengers were injured, Glendale Police Lt. Don Meredith said. The drivers pulled their cars to the curb, but began to argue, he said.

GLENDALE — Jurors this week awarded $4.6 million in damages to the family of a prominent local nonprofit director, finding that a Glendale doctor’s misdiagnosis led to his 2006 death. Jurors on Wednesday awarded the family of Thomas Miller — KPCC radio anchor Susanne Whatley-Miller and the couple’s two daughters — after finding that the doctor was negligent in diagnosing the heart attack that ultimately killed the popular director of the Community Foundation of the Verdugos, formerly known as Glendale Community Foundation.

Business Life publisher John Krikorian and his family honored Glendale firefighters and paramedics for saving his life after he suffered a heart attack at an October awards luncheon. Krikorian and his family served up lunch on Monday to Glendale firefighters and paramedics from stations 21, 25 and 27 at the Glendale Fire Department headquarters on Oak Street, thanking them for saving his life following his Oct. 12 cardiac arrest. Krikorian described the firefighters as his guardian angels.

Paul M. Anderson GLENDALE -- An autopsy of a 60-year-old man found beaten at his retirement home has revealed he died from a heart attack, leading authorities to drop a case against the man's roommate, Glendale police said Tuesday. A housekeeper at Victor Royale Adult Residential Living at 120 E. Laurel St. found Thomas McAfee in his bed Nov. 13 nearly unconscious, Glendale police said. McAfee had suffered a broken nose as well as several cuts and bruises, said Glendale police spokesman Chahe Keuroghelian.

Amber Willard GLENDALE -- Family members of local AIDS activist Marilyn Gunnell are hoping she'll be home soon after suffering a heart attack while on vacation in Colorado. "She's looking forward to getting out of the hospital," her son Eli said Wednesday. Gunnell, 58, had open heart surgery in a Denver hospital Oct. 20 following a heart attack she suffered while vacationing with her husband and friends. "We talk to her every day," Eli Gunnell said of his mother.

Robert Shaffer ONE FOR THE HEART Compton city officials recently sent out a press release boasting that they had purchased 40 Automatic External Defibrillators, which can save the lives of heart attack victims. The city will put the devices in police and emergency vehicles, parks, and public buildings. Calling Compton the new "heart" of Los Angeles County, the release states the city is leading the way in preventing heart attacks. But several paragraphs down, the claim falls apart.

Business Life publisher John Krikorian and his family honored Glendale firefighters and paramedics for saving his life after he suffered a heart attack at an October awards luncheon. Krikorian and his family served up lunch on Monday to Glendale firefighters and paramedics from stations 21, 25 and 27 at the Glendale Fire Department headquarters on Oak Street, thanking them for saving his life following his Oct. 12 cardiac arrest. Krikorian described the firefighters as his guardian angels.

Business Life publisher John Krikorian remained in critical, but stable condition Thursday after suffering a massive heart attack while on stage a day earlier at the annual Glendale Fire Department awards luncheon. Krikorian was in the intensive care unit at Glendale Adventist Medical Center, his son, Greg Krikorian said. The elder Krikorian has responded to some questions, even squeezing his son's hand. “Thank God he was in the right place at the right time,” Greg Krikorian said.

John Krikorian, the publisher of Business Life magazine, has regained consciousness and is in stable condition after collapsing of an apparent heart attack earlier today at a Fire Department awards ceremony. Krikorian, the father of Glendale school board member Greg Krikorian, remains under watch at Glendale Adventist Medical Center, were he was rushed after suffering a likely heart attack while accepting an award on stage at the Hilton Glendale. "This is a step in the right direction," Glendale Fire Battalion Chief Greg Godfrey said.

Jerry Milner, a former Glendale mayor who served on the City Council during a period of significant growth in the city, died of a heart attack Saturday. He was 81. Although he left Glendale's dais in 1991 after serving two terms on the City Council, he continued his public involvement on a smaller scale, his family said. “He was always one who believed that if you believed in something and wanted to make something better, get involved and do your best,” said his son, Mark Milner.

Pointing to a digital screen, Harry Balian — a cardiologist at Glendale Adventist Medical Center — noted damage to his patient’s heart. “This is a gentleman who is 57. He smokes cigars and he tells me it’s not dangerous because he doesn’t inhale,” Balian said. The patient had entered the hospital in chest pain, saying he had exercised the night before. But something wasn’t right and a test revealed his heart enzymes had elevated, his heart muscle was injured. “That means he had a small heart attack,” Balian said.

GLENDALE — Jurors this week awarded $4.6 million in damages to the family of a prominent local nonprofit director, finding that a Glendale doctor’s misdiagnosis led to his 2006 death. Jurors on Wednesday awarded the family of Thomas Miller — KPCC radio anchor Susanne Whatley-Miller and the couple’s two daughters — after finding that the doctor was negligent in diagnosing the heart attack that ultimately killed the popular director of the Community Foundation of the Verdugos, formerly known as Glendale Community Foundation.

A gala fundraiser for Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center's Chest Pain Center was topped off with a surprise announcement on Sunday that the program would receive accreditation as the first of its kind in Los Angeles County. The 23rd annual "Evening of Wine and Roses — A Tuscan Affair" raised funds for the center with an evening of Italian wine and gourmet cuisine. More than 750 people attended the festivities held outdoors on the hospital grounds. The evening began with a reception and silent auction with lavish hors d'oeuvres and specialty libations created by celebrity mixologist Jacopo Falleni.

More than 40 years ago, Congress first requested that the president designate February as American Heart Month. I am pleased to report that every year since 1964, the president has designated the month to highlight the importance of heart disease awareness and prevention. This year, I am honored to once again co-sponsor a resolution in the House of Representatives in support of the goals and ideals of American Heart Month and National Wear Red Day. This resolution, 1039, unanimously passed the House earlier this month.

Hundreds of students attended the Glendale Adventist Medical Center campus Thursday to mark National Heart Month by walking through a giant inflatable heart that demonstrated the effects of heart disease. The Mega Heart — 12 feet tall, 21 feet long and 15 feet wide — gave visitors a close-up view of healthy and diseased tissue, artificial valves and a stent, as well as the damage caused by a heart attack. Visitors entered the exhibit through the largest vein that feeds the heart, the superior vena cava, and exited through the largest artery that leaves the heart, the aorta.

DOWNTOWN — A government study showing that a partial smoking ban had a dramatic effect on reducing heart attacks in a Colorado town may have implications for Glendale and Burbank, where similar ordinances have been passed in recent years, experts said. The study, published Dec. 30 by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, was the first conducted over a period as long as three years and showed a sustained decrease in hospital admissions for heart attacks, said Christine Nevin-Woods, the lead researcher on the study and the director of the Pueblo City-County Health Department in Pueblo, Colo.