When discussing heart health, the words 'myocardial infarction' and 'heart attack' are used interchangeably as if they are ...

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

The American College of Cardiology has recognized more than 400 U.S. hospitals for their quality and consistency in meeting care guidelines for patients with acute myocardial infarction.  To be ...

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

Myocardial infarction results in a release of LD 4 and LD 5 from the cardiac tissue and is associated with an increase in pLD 4 and pLD 5 in the isoenzyme pattern.

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

The ECG findings of an old anterior myocardial infarction include: Loss of anterior forces leaving Q waves in leads V1 and V2. This is sometimes termed "poor R wave progression" or PRWP.

For younger acute myocardial infarction (AMI) survivors, living in marginalized neighborhoods is associated with adverse ...

An association was found between exposure to traffic and the onset of a myocardial infarction within one hour afterward (odds ratio, 2.92; 95 percent confidence interval, 2.22 to 3.83; P<0.001).