May 07, 2024

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Apr 26, 2024

Click here to read this study in NEJM.  ©2024 2 Minute Medicine, Inc. All rights reserved. No works may be reproduced without expressed written consent from 2 Minute Medicine, Inc. Inquire about ...

Oct 13, 2023

Bookmark1. In this randomized controlled trial, complete revascularization reduced the risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, or ischemia-driven revascularization at one year in patients with myocardi...

Aug 31, 2023

Adding extracorporeal life support to standard care did not reduce all-cause mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock. The addition of extracorporeal life s...

Aug 31, 2023

Complete revascularization improved outcomes in patients older than 75 with myocardial infarction and multivessel disease compared with culprit-only approach. In the FIRE trial, physiology-gu...

Aug 31, 2023

Colchicine does not significantly reduce perioperative atrial fibrillation or myocardial injury in patients undergoing major noncardiac thoracic surgery.  Treatment with colchicine did not s...

May 30, 2023

Psychosocial, emotional, and external factors are important triggers to cardiac events like myocardial infarction (MI). Other types of stress—including work-related, financial, and general—have al...

Apr 24, 2023

1. In asymptomatic patients, subclinical coronary atherosclerosis was associated with an eight-fold elevated risk for myocardial infarction (MI). 2. Patients with obstructive and extensive subc...

Mar 22, 2023

People with gender dysphoria on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as part of gender affirmation therapy have substantially increased odds of serious cardiac events and other problems, including ischae...

Mar 20, 2023

1. In this randomized clinical trial, among 167 older adults with frailty and non-ST segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), a routine invasive strategy did not significantly increase...

Dec 15, 2021

When compared with fibrinolysis, primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been associated with significant reductions in morbidity and mortality and decreases risks for mechanical and arrh...

Nov 23, 2020

In-stent restenosis (ISR) represents approximately 10% of all PCIs in the United States and is treated most commonly with another stent, according to Issam D. Moussa, MD, MBA. In addition, approximate...

Feb 18, 2020

Troponin values above the threshold established to diagnose acute myocardial infarction (AMI; >99 percentile) are commonly detected in patients with diagnoses other than AMI. The objective of this stu...

Feb 18, 2020

Plasma trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is associated with coronary atherosclerotic plaque and cardiovascular disease risk, but associations between gut microbes in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and post...

Feb 18, 2020

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute, self-limited vasculitis. Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) serves as a major contributor to the long-term prognosis of KD. In addition, acute KD usually also leads to s...

Feb 18, 2020

This study aims to investigate the protective effects of the Bauhinia championii (BC) against ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)-induced injury in an isolated heart model. Langendorff-perfused C57BL/6JNarl mi...

Feb 18, 2020

To demonstrate how data-driven variability methods can be used to identify changes in disease recording in two English electronic health records databases between 2001 and 2015.Repeated cross-sectiona...

Feb 13, 2020

To review the sex differences among symptomatic and asymptomatic patients treated with carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and carotid stenting (CAS) in the Southeastern Vascular Study Group (SEVSG), a regio...

Feb 13, 2020

In patients with acute myocardial infarction, the presence of a left bundle branch block or right bundle branch block may be associated with worse prognosis compared to isolated ST segment elevation. ...

Feb 13, 2020

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in people on hemodialysis (HD). Cardiovascular outcomes are reported infrequently and inconsistently across trials in HD....