An AI algorithm could help to predict which patients might develop significant heart problems years in advance, just based on ...

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

Abstract Introduction: Anterior wall ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is caused by occlusion of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery. Proximal LAD occlusions are associated ...

Learn about the difference between myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction. This article looks at causes, symptoms, treatments, and more.

Standard ECG has been the primary diagnostic tool when the patient is alive, and it deserves to be discussed in more detail. Due to the low voltage generated during this test and the reduced thickness ...

Most trials that have shown a benefit of beta-blocker treatment after myocardial infarction included patients with large myocardial infarctions and were conducted in an era before modern biomarker- ...

I went into my patient portal and reviewed the EKG, and to my surprise, it stated that there was an infarction in the septum.

Left ventricular thrombus incidence and behavior studied by serial two dimensional echocardiography in acute anterior myocardial infarction: left ventricular wall motion, systemic embolism and oral ...

There are also clinical systems like the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk score, the Killip classification, and the History, ECG, Age, Risk factors, Troponin (HEART) score.

In the July issue of the Revista Española de Cardiología,1 Bayés suggested a change in the terminology used to describe myocardial infarctions. Basing his arguments on a correlation between ...

Septal infarction is when blood supply to the septum of the heart, the muscular wall that divides the left and right sides of the heart, becomes blocked, typically due to myocardial infarction.