In the field of invasive treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD), the past two decades have been characterised by the ...

Myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack, is one of the most serious heart problems people can face. It ...

Tens of thousands of serious health events might be avoided, according to a Johns Hopkins team, if a certain medication was ...

When discussing heart health, the words 'myocardial infarction' and 'heart attack' are used interchangeably as if they are one and the same. But are they? As explained by Dr Brajesh Kunwar, Sr ...

BACKGROUND: Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts to cardiomyocytes is a potentially curative strategy for ischemic heart ...

Objectives To analyse patient profiles, transportation patterns and time delays in ischaemic time and door-to-balloon (DTB) time and evaluate the effect of these delays on in-hospital mortality among ...

PLASMA and serum enzyme-activity alterations have proved useful as laboratory parameters in the diagnosis of myocardial disease.1 Among the enzymes employed to reflect myocardial necrosis are aldol ...

Because Canada has a universal healthcare system, financial differences in access to care cannot fully explain the observed ...

A myocardial infarction has a sudden onset, and factors related to lifestyle have been identified as potential triggers of myocardial infarction.

A non-transmural myocardial infarction refers to a myocardial infarction that does not involve the full thickness of the myocardium.

Q wave myocardial infarction refers to myocardial infarctions that in a Q wave forming on the 12-lead ECG once the infarction is completed. It was once believed that the development of Q waves ...