Prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy did not reduce mortality in patients with a prior myocardial infarction, persistent moderate left ventricular systolic dysfunction and ...

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) continues to be a leading cause of death worldwide, necessitating rapid and accurate diagnosis to mitigate severe cardiac damage. The electrocardiogram (ECG) remains ...

A man in his early 60s presents to the emergency department (ED) with a 1-day history of pleuritic central chest pressure. He has a history of a recent myocardial infarction (MI) that was treated with ...

In a recently published study in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers developed and tested an intelligent model for diagnosing patients with occlusion myocardial infarction (OMI). This model was ...

Dear Dr. Roach: When I went to my new doctor, whom I like very much, I found that they do a lot of things in their office for which I would normally be sent elsewhere. The nurse drew four vials of ...

A 65-year-old man receives a right coronary artery stent after a NSTEMI. What does his postsurgery ECG look like?

DEAR DR. ROACH: When I went to my new doctor, whom I like very much, I found that they do a lot of things in their office that I would normally be sent elsewhere for. The nurse drew four vials of ...

Some clinicians say that testing for occlusion myocardial infarction (OMI) instead might be a better tool for making that determination. “We think we should get rid of the term ST-elevation MI, ...

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