March 8, 2004 (New Orleans) — A novel compound that inhibits calcium overload and increases calcium uptake in the sarcoplasmic reticulum fell short of expectations overall, but calderet showed promise ...

The most serious form of the acute coronary syndrome, ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, or STEMI, most often results from complete thrombotic occlusion of a major epicardial coronary artery.

Early coronary reperfusion for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is critical for the preservation of overall left ventricular (LV) function and improved survival. Despite advancements ...

A 59-year-old man presented to the emergency department with unstable angina pectoris for the past few hours and a hypertensive crisis (180/100 mm Hg). The heart rate was 79 beats/min in sinus rhythm.

Background A 71-year-old woman presented with severe chest pain after an episode of acute emotional distress. Her serum levels of cardiac enzymes were slightly elevated and electrocardiography ...

AMONG the complications that may plague the patient with myocardial infarction, there are few more dramatic or serious than rupture through an infarct involving the interventricular septum. To be sure ...

TCT 366: Hyperoxemic Supersaturated Oxygen Therapy in Patients With Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction Reduces Infarct Size and Microvascular Obstruction – a Cardiac Magnet Resonance Imaging ...

The reason for such a large discrepancy primarily concerns each author's criteria for inclusion or noninclusion of cases in the painless group. Some omit sudden deaths whereas others include them; ...

A 75 year old, non-diabetic and normotensive man presented with a history of chest pain with duration of 5 days. He had a history of breathlessness of NYHA Class IV with orthopnea. EKG showed QS in V1 ...