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 ...

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 ...

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

Non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction Anginal symptoms/chest pain at rest that are associated with acute myocardial necrosis, as identified by elevated cardiac biomarkers (see Cardiac Enzymes ...

The Apple Watch could be used to check for symptoms of a heart attack (myocardial infarction), research published in the Texas Heart Institute Journal suggests (via MyHealthyApple). Myocardial ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 79-year-old man in relatively good health. I don’t take any medications. I recently visited a cardiologist regarding some heart palpitations that I have been experiencing. After ...

A 64-year-old man with a history of a previous myocardial infarction presents to his primary care physician with complaints of chest discomfort that is pleuritic and nonexertional. The pain is ...

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 ...

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 ...