This retrospective study found no benefit of a disease management program compared with usual care on utilization of secondary prevention pharmacotherapies in postmyocardial infarction patients.

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 recent study concluded that hemorrhagic myocardial infarction (hMI) remains a common and clinically significant ...

We investigated the documentation of obesity as a medical problem, and subsequent management recommendations, in patients after myocardial infarction (MI). We performed a cross-sectional analysis of a ...

Researchers from the Cardiac Regeneration and Heart Failure Research Group (ICREC) at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) and the Heart Institute of the Germans Trias Hospital(iCor) ...

Objective. To evaluate whether the use of standard admission orders for patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is associated with better hospital quality of care. Design. Secondary ...

Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) represents a significant clinical entity within the spectrum of acute ...

This guidance has been partially updated by 'Chest pain of recent onset' (NICE clinical guideline 95) and 'Stable angina' (NICE clinical guideline 126). This appraisal covers the use of myocardial ...

Barriers to the routine measurement of lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) levels in clinical practice have now been addressed by a large, global case-control study of myocardial infarction (MI). Despite strong ...

An audit could be carried out on people referred for investigation of coronary artery disease (CAD) and people who have CAD and who remain symptomatic following myocardial infarction, CABG or PCI, for ...

Women are more likely to die from a myocardial infarction than men, according to new research. The gender gap in mortality was independent of patient characteristics, revascularization delays and ...