MICT and HIIT similarly improve heart function after acute myocardial infarction
The surprising shift
In this randomized controlled trial of 100 AMI patients, an 8-week program of moderate-intensity continuous training or isovolumic high-inte…
Imagine waking up after a heart attack. Your doctor tells you to start moving again.
Creatinine levels show J-shaped association with adverse events after PCI for myocardial infarction.
High Creatinine? Your Heart Risk Might Surprise You
This retrospective cohort study of 3,878 patients with acute myocardial infarction who underwent PCI found a J-shaped relationship between c…
Imagine getting a stent to open a blocked heart artery.
Narrative review examines traditional Chinese medicine compounds for acute myocardial infarction without reported outcomes
Saving Heart Muscle After a Heart Attack Means Fighting a Second Battle
This narrative review evaluates the use of compounds from traditional Chinese medicine in the context of acute myocardial infarction. The au…
Opening a blocked artery after a heart attack can trigger a second wave of injury that kills heart muscle, so scientists are mapping new str…
ASVmv reduces nocturnal hypoxemic burden in AMI patients with sleep-disordered breathing
Early study links sleep treatment to less oxygen drop in heart attack patients
This ancillary analysis of a randomized controlled trial in 35 patients with first-time AMI and sleep-disordered breathing found that minute…
A new ventilator treatment for sleep apnea significantly reduced dangerous oxygen drops in heart attack patients, potentially limiting heart…
Outcomes of acute myocardial infarction patients with supranormal versus normal or reduced left ventricular ejection fraction
When a Heart Pumps Too Well After a Heart Attack
This Korean nationwide cohort study evaluated clinical outcomes in 27,903 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) stratified by left…
A heart that pumps harder than normal after a heart attack might carry its own hidden risks, and doctors are just starting to figure out wha…
Federated meta-analysis validates HEART score performance for chest pain risk stratification in EDs
Federated HEART score analysis shows consistent chest pain risk prediction across six emergency departments
A retrospective multicenter observational study of 57,906 ED encounters found that a federated diagnostic meta-analysis approach for the HEA…
A federated analysis of the HEART score predicts chest pain risks just as accurately as centralizing patient data across six emergency depar…
LEGEND rule-out strategy reduces length of stay and testing in suspected ACS patients across four Australian emergency departments
A new strategy safely shortens hospital stays for suspected heart attacks
This stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial evaluated the LEGEND rule-out strategy, which integrates high-sensitivity cardiac tro…
A new hospital strategy safely shortens stays for suspected heart attacks by 3.6 hours while getting more patients home within 4 hours.
Very high-intensity statin with ezetimibe lowers LDL-C more than high-intensity regimen after AMI
Can a stronger statin dose after a heart attack lower cholesterol more?
A single-center RCT of 220 AMI patients compared very high-intensity vs. high-intensity statin, both with ezetimibe, initiated during hospit…
A stronger statin dose after a heart attack lowers bad cholesterol better but causes more side effects, forcing some patients to cut back on…