It can be secondary to acute atherosclerotic plaque disruption (type 1 myocardial infarction [T1MI]), or alterations in myocardial oxygen supply and/or demand in the absence of acute atherothrombosis (type 2 myocardial infarction [T2MI]) (1). Based on a comprehensive review of the peer-...
FIG 2.Anterior acute myocardial infarction and right ventricle function: a vicious circle. Despite these interesting scientific evidence, studies that have been reviewed in this article present some limits. Most of them included a limited number of patients with no clear exclusion criteria. Moreover,...
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While CoDE-ACS may enable a more flexible approach to the interpretation of cardiac troponin results and therefore, the correct triage of patients in practice, we continue to advocate the use of a sex-specific 99th percentile as the diagnostic threshold for myocardial infarction. Indeed, this thre...
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infarctionThe aim of this study was to examine the trend in increasing life expectancy in relation to heart attack and cardiac catheterization.A retrospective study of very elderly patients over 90 years of age (study group) and between 70 and 79 years of age (control group) with myocardial ...
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance of acute myocardial infarction at a very early stage. J Am Coll Cardiol2003;42:513–8. [Abstract/FREE Full text] ↵ Nilsson JC, Nielsen G, Groenning BA, et al. Sustained postinfarction myocardial edema in humans visualized by magnetic resonance imaging. Heart...
What proportion of patients with myocardial infarction are suitable for thrombolysis? Br Heart J. 1987 Feb; 57 (2):144–147. [ PMC free article ] [ PubMed ]Murray N, Lyons J, Layton C, Balcon R. What proportion of patients with myocardial infarction are suitable for thrombolysis? Br ...
This cluster-randomized clinical trial examines the effects of the Million Hearts Model on first-time myocardial infarctions and strokes and Medicare