A Look at Unrecognized Cardiovascular Emergencies
By Andy Skean Senior Editor Getting the diagnosis right is among the most fundamental of...
acute myocardial infarction
Early Drug Non-Adherence After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Mortality rates associated with heart disease have declined in recent years throughout the United...
Defibrillator Use After Myocardial Infarction in Older Adults
According to current estimates, more than 350,000 people experience sudden cardiac death in the...
Long-Term Trends in AMI Rehospitalization
Coronary heart disease (CHD) continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the...
Sex Differences & Cardiac Risks
According to an American Heart Association survey, only 56% of women recognize heart disease as a...
Gender, Stress, & Acute Myocardial Infarction
Studies have shown that women and younger patients are at increased risk for mental stress when...
A Qualitative Look at AMI in Younger Women
Each year, more than 15,000 women younger than age 55 die from heart disease, ranking it among the...
Attaining LDL Cholesterol Goals After AMI
One-third of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and baseline hyperlipidemia do not appear to reach an LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) goal of less than 100 mg/dL after 6 months, according to American research. Patients who...
Strategies to Lower Death Risk After AMI
Research has shown that the risk of dying from an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been...
Post-Discharge Mortality Trends After Initial AMI
Researchers in Massachusetts suggest that certain factors can be used to identify patients with initial acute myocardial infarctions (AMIs) who are at increased risk for post-discharge mortality. They note that increased...
COPD in Patients Hospitalized With AMI
The gap in medical care between patients with and without COPD who are hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) appears to have narrowed substantially between 1997 and 2007, according to Massachusetts researchers....
Type of Atrial Fibrillation Matters in Post-AMI Treatment
Permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) appears to be the only form of AF that independently predicts death among patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who are treated invasively. When compared with a control group, more...
