Developed jointly by the European Society of Cardiology, the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the World Heart Federation, the new document will be used worldwide. An ...

STEMI patients who develop in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) face far worse survival than those who don’t have the condition, but new observational data from China suggest several steps that might ...

Multivessel coronary artery disease is seen on invasive coronary angiography in approximately 50% of patients presenting with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Previous trials ...

Some clinicians say that testing for occlusion myocardial infarction (OMI) instead might be a better tool for making that determination. “We think we should get rid of the term ST-elevation MI, ...

Unrecognized MI Prevalent in Older Adults, Ups Mortality An updated universal definition of myocardial infarction (MI) includes detection of a rise and/or fall in cardiac biomarker values, preferably ...

Classification of Myocardial Infarction According to the Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction, a myocardial infarction (MI) is defined as an acute myocardial injury accompanied by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risk factors for patients with acute MI have changed modestly as treatment has improved, with mortality rates ...

Despite underrepresentation in clinical trials of acute coronary syndrome treatments, a recent study suggests treatment strategies and outcomes in chronic kidney disease patients with ST-elevation ...

The gold standard for diagnosing myocardial infarction has been the World Health Organization definition, which requires any 2 of 3 criteria: ischemic symptoms, electrocardiographic changes, and ...