The present study explored patterns of circulating metabolites and proteins that can predict future risk for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). We conducted a prospective nested case-contro...
Sex differences in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are a matter of debate. We investigated sex-specific differences in the incidence, outcomes, and related interventions in patients diagnosed with ACS in Germany over the past decade. All...
Background: A Japanese prospective, nation-wide, multicenter registry (J-MINUET) showed that long-term outcomes were worse in non-ST elevation acute myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), diagnosed by increased cardiac troponin levels, compared to STEMI. Th...
(1) Background: The aim of our study was to determine the role of oxidative stress (OS) during early evaluation of acute ST-elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-ST-elevated myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) patients in order to define the role...
Patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), but without standard modifiable risk factors (SMuRF-less), are surprisingly common and appear to have a worse, or at best similar, short-term prognosis. However, relatively little attention ha...
Elderly patients diagnosed with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) represent a growing demographic population. These patients typically present more comorbidities and experience poorer outcomes compared to younger patients. Furthermore, they are less fre...
Background: The STEMI/NSTEMI classification guides management and quality metrics for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We examined whether the final cath-lab diagnosis of STEMI versus NSTEMI correlates more closely with door-to-balloon (D2B) time t...
Background: Even though medication and interventional therapy have improved the death rate for non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) patients, these patients still have a substantial residual risk of cardiovascular events. Early identificat...
Background: The impact of the encounter between coronary heart disease (CHD) and cancer, and in particular hematologic malignancies (HM), remains poorly understood. Objective: The aim of this analysis was to clarify how HM affects the prognosis of ac...
(1) Background: The impact of armed conflicts on public health is undeniable, with psychological stress emerging as a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Nevertheless, contemporary data regarding the influence of war on CVD, and...
Using a new-generation drug-eluting stent, we compared the 2-year clinical outcomes of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and non-DM concomitant with a non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and an ST-segment elevation myocardial i...
Background: Bedside diagnosis between Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) and ST elevation (STEMI) and non-ST elevation (NSTEMI) myocardial infarction remains challenging. We sought to determine a cardiac biomarker profile to enable their early distinction. Met...
Background: Myocardial infarction (MI), presented as ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI) and non-ST-segment elevation MI (NSTEMI), is influenced by atherosclerosis risk factors. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the patterns of presentation of pat...
While air pollution is known as a risk factor for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) incidence, its impact on AMI subtypes—ST-elevation (STEMI) and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI)—remains incompletely understood. This study...
Background: Various cell types undergo activation and stress during atherosclerosis resulting in the development of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in coronary artery disease (CAD). Major histocompatibility complex class I related chain A and B (MI...
Background: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) encompasses ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non-ST-segment myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and unstable angina (UA). Although initially a syndrome with a poor prognosis, the advent of acute...
Background: This study was conducted to address the lack of reports comparing the clinical outcomes of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and STEMI based on left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Methods: A total of 9854 pati...
Our objective was to compare long-term outcomes in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) between two time periods in Southern Norway. There are limited contemporary data comparing...
Background/Objectives: Existing data regarding the kinetics of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) are limited. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the kinetics of highly sensitive (hs) cTnI following acute myocardial infarction (MI) in a large-scale,...
Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a severe complication of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In AMI-CS, the ST segment deviation on ECG may be elevated (STEMI-CS) or non-elevated (NSTEMI-CS), which may influence prognosis. Our aim was to analyze the clinica...
Background: Medical history, ECG findings and cardiac markers are used in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction (MI). Biomarkers used especially for the diagnosis of MI include high-sensitivity troponins (hsTns), creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB), lactate...
Myocardial infarction (MI), including ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI) and non-ST-segment elevation MI (NSTEMI), is still a leading cause of death worldwide. Metabolomics technology was used to explore differential metabolites (DMs) as potential bioma...
Aims: Risk factors and outcomes of in-hospital ST elevation myocardial infraction (STEMI) are well explored. Recent findings show that non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) accounts for the majority of in-hospital infarctions (IHMIs). Our a...
Myocardial infarction (MI), including ST-elevation MI (STEMI) and non-ST-elevation MI (NSTEMI), has been the leading cause of hospitalization and death. Exosomes participate in many physiological and pathological processes and have important effects...
We aimed to compare the incidence, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of patients admitted with myocardial infarction (MI), whether ST elevation MI (STEMI) or non-ST elevation MI (NSTEMI), according to the presence of chronic obstructive pulmonar...
Vascular calcification contributes to the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease while matrix Gla protein (MGP) was recently identified as a potent inhibitor of vascular calcification. MGP fractions, such as dephosphorylated-uncarboxylated MGP (dp-u...
Clinical evidence indicates that innate immune cells may contribute to acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Our prospective study aimed at investigating the association of neutrophil phenotypes with ACS. 108 patients were categorized into chronic stable co...
(1) Background: Our aim was to analyze the incidence, procedures, and in-hospital outcomes of myocardial infarction (MI) in Spain (2016–2018) according to sex. (2) Methods: We estimated the incidence of an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) a...
Background: Patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who experience in-hospital heart failure (HF) would present a higher risk for fatal events. This study aims to develop and validate a simple-to-use diagnostic nomogram to identify high-risk...
Background: While admission of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in cardiology intensive care unit (CICU) is usual, in-hospital major outcomes in lower risk patients may be evaluated after early coronary angiography according to the Europe...
Background and Objectives: Given the fact that galectin-3 has a predictive significance on the development of myocardial dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction, the aim of our study was to examine potential factors that could be important for...
Globally acute myocardial infarction is the leading independent cause of unexpected death. This study aimed to explore the diagnostic and molecular impact of miR-21, miR-488, and miR-126 in acute myocardial infarction patients (AMI). We enrolled 95 n...
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) encompasses a spectrum of presentations including unstable angina, non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) [...]
Although patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-ST- segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) share similar risk factors and comparable pathophysiology [...]
Background: Primary ventricular fibrillation (VF) and sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) are potentially lethal complications in patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction (MI). In contrast with the profound data regarding the incidence...
Background: This multicenter retrospective study with a control group was designed to assess the influence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection on the outcomes of patients with myocardial infarction (MI). Methods:...
The identification of novel circulating biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) may improve diagnosis and management. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of ischaemia-modified albumin (IMA), an emerging biomarker of ischaemia and o...
We performed an updated meta-analysis to robustly quantify admission trends of patients with ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI) and non-ST-segment elevation MI (NSTEMI) during the first wave of the pandemic and to characterize on a large basis the risk...
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Background: Myocardial infarction (MI), remains one of the leading causes of death and disability globally but publications on the progression of MI using data from the real world are limited. Multistate models have been widely used to estimate trans...
Blood flow restoration after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) may not always be achieved and could be complicated by the no-reflow phenomenon (NRP). The aim of the current study was...
Background: Residual risk after acute coronary syndromes (ACSs) continues to affect prognosis. We investigated the impact of female sex, non-ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), diabetes mellitus (DM), and chronic kidney disease...
Due to the lifelong nature of diabetes mellitus (DM), it has been demonstrated to have significant effects on patients’ morbidity and mortality. The present study aimed to assess the effects of DM on the clinical outcome and survival in patient...
Background/Objectives: Heart attacks are the leading cause of death in the world. There are two important classes of heart attack: ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) and Non-ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI) patient...
Circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) hold great potential as novel diagnostic markers for acute coronary syndrome (ACS). This study sought to identify plasma miRNAs that are differentially expressed in young ACS patients (mean age of 38.5 ± 4.3 years) and...
Myocardial infarction (MI) is a leading cause of mortality globally and is predominantly attributed to coronary artery disease (CAD). MI is categorized as ST-elevation MI (STEMI) or non-ST-elevation MI (NSTEMI), each with distinct etiologies and trea...
Objective: With the growing number of individuals over the age of 90 (nonagenarians), understanding the risk factors and clinical outcomes associated with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in this population has become increasingly important. This study...
The prevalence of multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients underscores the need for optimal revascularization strategies. The ongoing debate surrounding percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), coronary art...
The long-term outcomes of patients with myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) are still not well known. This study aimed to compare the characteristics and outcomes between MINOCA and STEMI patients in a 5-year follow-...
Background/Objectives: We investigated the potential diagnostic role of galectin-3 (Gal-3) in patients presenting with suspected acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Methods: We searched PubMed Central, Scopus, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library from incept...
Causes of mortality and outcome in acute coronary syndrome. Introduction: The study’s objective was to investigate the influence of various factors upon hospital mortality and the outcome of patients suffering from acute coronary syndrome (ACS) at a...
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