ACTIVATION or initiation of peptic ulcer has been reported in association with a number of acute illnesses or stress-producing situations. Although myocardial infarction represents a stressful state, ...

THIS is a study of 258 hospitalized diabetic patients who sustained acute myocardial infarction. The data deal with the immediate mortality of the acute attack and the five-year survival among those ...

Prehospital pulse-dose glucocorticoid treatment in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) does not reduce the final infarct size at 3 months but may improve acute outcomes ...

VALIANT was a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, active, controlled, parallel-group study that assessed the efficacy and safety of long-term treatment with valsartan, captopril, and their ...

A healthy man in his 40s presented with acute anterolateral ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction after sudden-onset chest pain during a coughing episode. Coronary angiography and intravascular ...

Myocardial infarction (MI) causes millions of deaths worldwide. Though there have been advances in the survival rates following ST-elevation MI (STEMI), survivors often develop heart failure due to ...

In an expert consensus statement published online Oct. 28 in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, the authors present the classification of four stages of myocardial infarction (MI) based on myocardial ...

Electrical storm (ES) following acute coronary syndrome is rare but often fatal. A man in his early 70s experienced syncope and dyspnoea while playing golf, approximately 2 weeks after experiencing ...

For patients with acute stroke and a large infarct, thrombectomy plus medical care results in better functional outcomes and lower mortality, according to a study published in the May 9 issue of the ...