Patients with elevated epicardial adipose tissue volume (EATV) exhibit greater acute myocardial injury following acute ...

The proof of efficacy of thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) depends on 9 randomized placebo-controlled trials totaling 58,511 patients. The meta-analysis of these trials showed an ...

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 ...

Although the use of primary angioplasty in the acute myocardial infarction (AMI) setting has been shown to achieve TIMI 3 flow in the majority of patients, there are still some instances in which ...

Objectives: The objectives of this drug utilization review programwere (1) to increase β-blocker prescribing to fee-for-servicepost-acute myocardial infarction (AMI) Medicaid patients; (2) ...

Empagliflozin reduces heart failure hospitalization risk in patients with acute myocardial infarction, irrespective of type 2 diabetes or chronic kidney disease status. The EMPACT-MI trial showed a 23 ...

In a study of dialysis patients in Taiwan, hemodialysis patients had a greater risk for acute myocardial infarction than peritoneal dialysis patients. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is more likely ...

The onset of cardiac failure after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a serious problem throughout the world. Researchers at Osaka University clarified that the cell adhesion inhibition of ...

Despite a previous decline, AMI mortality rates are increasing among individuals with nicotine dependence in the US. Recent increases in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) mortality rates with nicotine ...

Individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) are at increased risk for early incident AMI or premature death. After an initial AMI, patients with FH are at increased risk for cardiovascular ...