The largest trial to examine the impact of colchicine in acute myocardial infarction (MI) found that both acute and long-term ...

After a heart attack, aging adults face double or triple the risk of life-threatening complications—like a debilitating ...

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS) is associated with worse clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with STEMI or NSTEMI.

After a heart attack, aging adults face double or triple the risk of life-threatening complications – like a debilitating stroke or another heart attack – when they move forward with elective ...

The inability of QFR to rival FFR for 1-year MACE is a reminder of the need for large studies, even when new tech is enticing ...

A study of over 450,000 NSTEMI admissions reveals that diabetics face disparities in care, with less invasive treatment ...

Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) is more severe than unstable angina because inadequate blood flow to the heart muscle has caused some of the heart's muscular tissue to die. NSTEMI is ...

A safe and effective point-of-care test can be used to speed up the diagnosis or ruling out of myocardial infarction, a new ...

There are no significant differences in outcomes post-AMI in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus vs the general population.

It is used throughout the hospital for NSTEMI and STEMI patients. It has been in place for a while, so we started there. Our heparin standing order form calls for an initial dose of 80 U/kg IV ...

New research suggests older adults wait 3-6 months after a heart attack before elective noncardiac surgery to reduce the risk of serious complications like stroke or another heart attack.

For patients with either NSTEMI or STEMI, American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines recommend that intravenous unfractionated heparin (UFH) be dosed by weight ...