As recently as 40 years ago, biomarkers used for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (MI) were nonspecific and assays were not highly reproducible from one laboratory to another.

The gold standard for diagnosing myocardial infarction has been ... study of 493 patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes, patients with ischemic symptoms and elevated cardiac enzymes ...

women are slightly more likely to experience more of the "atypical" symptoms, like: Dr Bharat Kukreti answered, “A heart attack, or acute myocardial infarction, happens when the blood vessels ...

Instead, acute coronary syndromes are classified as unstable angina, non-ST elevation myocardial infarction and ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

An inferior myocardial ... infarction and a detailed discussion on treatment. Briefly, complications include ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation, cardiogenic shock, acute mitral ...

A new study published in the European Heart Journal has found that patients who have experienced a heart attack (myocardial ...

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Introduction ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is one of the most prevalent presentations in young patients. It is ...