Secondary analysis findings from the EMPACT-MI trial highlight empagliflozin's significant cardiovascular and kidney benefits when initiated soon after an acute myocardial infarction.

Myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack, is one of the most serious heart problems people can face. It ...

When discussing heart health, the words 'myocardial infarction' and 'heart attack' are used interchangeably as if they are ...

Individuals with IBD, especially CD, have an increased risk for myocardial infarction, ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular accident, and major adverse cardiovascular events.

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 ...

Conclusions In patients with acute myocardial infarction and anemia, a liberal transfusion strategy did not significantly reduce the risk of recurrent myocardial infarction or death at 30 days.

Kumar, A. et al. (2023). The Canadian Cardiovascular Society classification of acute atherothrombotic myocardial infarction based on stages of tissue injury severity: an expert consensus statement.

The minimum high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I tied to 30-day death after cardiac surgery was found to be significantly greater than what is currently recommended to diagnose periprocedural ...

We included all randomised clinical trials assessing effects of beta-blockers versus control (placebo or no treatment) in patients without heart failure after myocardial infarction, irrespective of ...

(HealthDay)—In an American Heart Association scientific statement published online March 27 in Circulation, best practices are presented for diagnostic evaluation and management of myocardial ...

A fourth update of the Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction was necessary for multiple reasons, including the ascendency of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (cTn) assays.