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, ...

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, primarily resulting from an abrupt coronary artery occlusion that deprives myocardial tissue of oxygen.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with diabetes had greater mortality risk up to 10 years after hospitalization for MI compared with ...

Type 1 diabetes confers a cardiovascular burden that is often obscured by the young age of affected individuals and by the longstanding focus on microvascular rather than macrovascular complications.

"So that led to much higher mortality rates than seen in previous studies," Roe added. Unadjusted in-hospital mortality rates were 12.5% for non-STEMI patients and 14.3% for STEMI patients (p<0.001).

Many post-surgical heart injuries go unnoticed, but cardiologist input can change outcomes. Study: Peri-operative myocardial infarction/injury after non-cardiac surgery: association between ...