Even in people with normal BMI, visceral obesity could be tied to greater aortic stiffness and elevated risk of ...

Using admission characteristics to predict short-term mortality from myocardial infarction in elderly patients: results from the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project. JAMA 1996;275:1322-1328.

Two of the 51 patients had no signs or symptoms of an acute myocardial infarction; the diagnosis was made by sheer chance. One of the 2 patients is described below in a case report.

Background: There is a wide practice gap between optimal and actual care for patients with acute myocardial infarction in hospitals around the world. We undertook this initiative to develop an updated ...

Find out how delayed hypertension diagnosis affects heart health—keep reading for key evidence guiding earlier intervention.

For example, in Norway 91 percent of patients ages 65–69 received a statin within 365 days after an acute myocardial infarction, but only 30 percent of patients ages ninety and older received ...

Hidradenitis suppurativa and the risk of myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident, and peripheral vascular disease: a population‑based study. Arch Dermatol Res . Published online July 23 ...

(UPDATE) Roughly one third of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 have some degree of myocardial injury and these patients are at an increased risk of death when compared with patients who lack ...