A study finds target lesion failure in 1 in 5 patients with STEMI within 10 years of primary percutaneous coronary ...

Key points A 56-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of central chest pain and dyspnea. Her medical history included having had a myocardial infarction (MI) with n ...

An appropriate duration of dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction that has been treated with guideline-recommended complete ...

Cardio-cerebral infarction (CCI) is a rare clinical syndrome characterized by the simultaneous or sequential occurrence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Despite ...

The conventional classification of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) into ST-segment elevation (STEMI) and non-ST-segment elevation (NSTEMI) has long guided clinical decision-making. However, emerging ...

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Myocardial ischemia is a drop in blood flow to the heart. Myocardial infarction, or heart attack, occurs when death or damage occurs in the muscle tissue of the heart due to low blood supply. The ...

ABSTRACT: Background: A major cause of mortality and disability on a global scale is myocardial infarction (MI). These days, the most reliable way to detect and measure MI is via cardiovascular ...

After reading the article “Comments on the 2018 ESC Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction”,1 we are prompted to comment on the diagnosis of type 4a acute myocardial infarction (AMI), ...

Among patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery more than 1 year after coronary drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, there was no difference with respect to ischaemic outcomes or major bleeding ...