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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Credit: Getty Images. A discussion of the use of beta-blocker therapy following AMI, with Christopher Granger, MD, Gregg Fonarow, MD, and Carlin S Long, MD. The role of beta-blockers after acute ...

Compared with the standard of care, an AI-based ECG model greatly reduced false positives for ST-elevation myocardial ...

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 ...

The preferred timing of treatment of nonculprit lesions in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) ...

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 ...