The acute coronary syndromes include unstable angina, non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction and ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. The terms “transmural,” “non-transmural ...

Research has linked higher levels of air pollution to the risk of acute myocardial infarctions, or heart attacks. How these ...

patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) have a higher risk of short-term mortality than patients with non-STEMI (NSTEMI), who have a higher risk of long-term mortality ...

A non-transmural myocardial infarction refers to a myocardial infarction that does not involve the full thickness of the myocardium. It was one believed that the development of Q waves indicated ...

For patients with either NSTEMI or STEMI, American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines recommend that intravenous unfractionated heparin (UFH) be dosed by weight ...

For over two decades, a ‘treatment-risk paradox’ has been described in older adults with cardiovascular disease, with ...

3132 with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI); 3023 with non-STEMI (NSTEMI); and 2975 with unstable angina. The researchers found no difference in the rate of the primary ischemic ...