This difference was driven primarily by a lower rate of nonfatal myocardial infarction in the CTA group than in the standard-care group (hazard ratio, 0.60; 95% CI, 0.41 to 0.87).

Coronary artery disease is a disease in which the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart are narrowed or blocked, ...

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The main causes of death are aortic dissection, cardiac tamponade and acute myocardial infarction. When evaluating the indication of PCI of a CTO, the operator and the patient should be aware of ...

Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction is a type of heart attack. Learn about the causes, symptoms, and treatment options for this condition today.

Early myocardial enhancement defects (dark spots) on multidetector CT are valuable predictors of myocardial viability in patients who have suffered a heart attack, reported doctors from the ...

Although the literature and data regarding the prognostic and diagnostic ability – as well as the wider applicability – of CT perfusion imaging is still being collected, produced and published ...

Myocardial contusion shouldn’t be confused with infarction. Myocardial infarction, or a heart attack, occurs when the heart is severely damaged as a result of a lack of blood flow to the muscle ...

Myocardial infarction (MI) or acute myocardial infarction (AMI), commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die.

The main causes of death are aortic dissection, cardiac tamponade and acute myocardial infarction. When evaluating the indication of PCI of a CTO, the operator and the patient should be aware of ...