Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) continues to be a leading cause of death worldwide, necessitating rapid and accurate diagnosis to mitigate severe cardiac damage. The electrocardiogram (ECG) remains ...

Despite advancements in clinical care, pharmacologic technology, and streamlined access to primary PCI centers in much of the United States, the mortality rate of acute MI patients presenting in ...

In a recent meta-analysis which included individual-patient data from five randomized trials, beta-blocker therapy did not ...

Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, and 3.8 million men and 3.4 million women die of the disease each year. After an acute myocardial infarction, early and successful ...

Routine intracoronary thrombus aspiration before primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has not been proved to reduce ...

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 ...

A study published in BMC Nephrology explored whether serum angiotensinogen could serve as a reliable biomarker to identify ...

Ethnicity & Disease, Vol. 12, No. 1, Focus: Ethnic Disparities in the Treatment, Control, and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Related Risk Factors (Winter 2002), pp. 38-44 (7 pages) ...