In contrast, baseline absolute hs-cTn values on admission were independently associated with type 1 MI (OR, 1.35; 95% CI, 1.07-1.70; P = .01) with the best cutoffs for predicting type 1 MI being 5 ...

For the new study, Caraballo and colleagues examined data from 4,340 patients in the TRIUMPH registry who were treated for acute MI at 24 US centers. Patients were contacted for interviews about ...

Diagnoses of acute MI (3.3% vs. 8.1%; P < .0001) ... It will also invariably lead to an underdiagnosis of type 1 MI in men, a condition for which evidence-based therapy is available.

Heart attacks, or acute myocardial infarction (MI), are one of the leading causes of death worldwide. The newly released Canadian Cardiovascular Society Classification of Acute Myocardial ...

Heart attacks, or acute myocardial infarction (MI), are one of the leading causes of death worldwide. The newly released classification system presents a four-stage classification of heart attack ...

Younger women are much more likely than younger men to be readmitted to the hospital after an acute MI for CV or any cause, with data reflecting a higher prevalence of CV risk factors and ...

Overall, acute MI was diagnosed in 1.4% of all adults in the ED and in 6.5% of those admitted to hospital. ... “That would lead you believe that at least some of this care wasn’t appropriately triaged ...

For patients with acute MI with heart failure, eplerenone, a related mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, was shown to be beneficial in the EPHESUS trial, with a 15% reduction in mortality.

HealthDay News — Empagliflozin has kidney protective effects and reduces heart failure outcomes across baseline kidney function among patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI), according to ...

The seven factors -- diabetes, depression, hypertension, smoking, family history of premature MI, low household income, and hypercholesterolemia -- were responsible for 83.9% of the total acute MI ...