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. This led to ...

MUNICH — The fourth universal definition of myocardial infarction issued jointly by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association ...

MUNICH, Germany—The fourth iteration of the universal definition of MI, released to coincide with the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2018 here last week, makes clear that not every ...

Unrecognized MI Prevalent in Older Adults, Ups Mortality An updated universal definition of myocardial infarction (MI) includes detection of a rise and/or fall in cardiac biomarker values, preferably ...

One of the most compelling questions regarding the November 2000 hospitalization of Vice President Dick Cheney was whether or not he'd really had a heart attack. Why the confusion? It may have been ...

Until the early 20th century, the human life expectancy was less than 50 years, and infections were often fatal. Only in the past century have humans, on average, lived long enough for cardiovascular ...

The researchers found that compared with those without GERD, patients with GERD had a 27 percent increased risk for incident AMI (pooled relative risk, 1.27). No significant publication bias was seen ...

Acute myocardial infarction can be triggered by acute respiratory infections. Previous studies have suggested an association between influenza and acute myocardial infarction, but those studies used ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The minimum high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I tied to 30-day death after cardiac surgery was found to be ...

A non-transmural myocardial infarction refers to a myocardial infarction that does not involve the full thickness of the myocardium. It was one believed that the development of Q waves indicated that ...

Ozzy Osbourne's cause of death has been confirmed—but what is an acute myocardial infarction? It was one of three things listed on the 76-year-old Black Sabbath rocker's death certificate, which was ...

Ozzy Osbourne's death has been confirmed as stated in his death certificate. The Black Sabbath lead singer died last month at the age of 76. A message from his family at that time said: "It is with a ...