We were unable to identify an appropriate cohort of HIV-1–negative persons with a similar background risk of myocardial infarction. Hence, our key objective was to assess changes in risk ...

Background: There is a wide practice gap between optimal and actual care for patients with acute myocardial infarction in hospitals around the world. We undertook this initiative to develop an updated ...

In patients with a myocardial infarction more than 1 year previously ... The two ticagrelor doses were studied on a background of low-dose aspirin, as is recommended for patients with stable ...

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.

BACKGROUND: Although aggregate data suggest a link between snowfall and myocardial infarction (MI), individual risk has yet to be assessed. We evaluated the association between quantity and duration ...

There is also evidence that depression increases the risk of acute myocardial infarction and morbidity and mortality following it. This review examines those studies that have investigated these ...

A non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, also called an NSTEMI or a non-STEMI, is a type of heart attack. While it's often less damaging to your heart than a STEMI, it's still a serious ...

Researchers have found that prescribing guideline-directed medical treatment (GDMT), regardless of the number of medications, ...

The Institute has carried out a search for information relevant to this appraisal, and has found that to the best of its knowledge, no new evidence has been published that would have a material effect ...

In an expert consensus statement published online Oct. 28 in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, the authors present the classification of four stages of myocardial infarction (MI) based on ...