A 76-year-old experiences shortness of breath and tachycardia after coronary artery bypass surgery. What does the ECG reveal?

Background Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) is associated with a poor prognosis but is difficult to diagnose non-invasively. In a recent paper, ST-segment depression on exercise-ECG was found ...

Researchers are exploring a new generation of biochemical markers that may help clinicians detect myocardial contusion, a frequently overlooked form of heart injury caused by blunt chest trauma, ...

The neural and neuroimmune mechanisms behind myocardial infarction-triggered cardiac events, immune responses and activation of the nervous system remain largely unexplored. The heart and the brain ...

Introduction Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and poses an ...

It’s a known problem, but treatment hasn’t improved in 20 years. Experts say it’s time for protocolized systems of care, they ...

The study was published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions and simultaneously presented at TCT 2025 in San Francisco. ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is a severe type of heart ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An AI-based ECG model more accurately diagnosed a type of heart attack compared with standard of care. The ...

Prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy did not reduce mortality in patients with a prior myocardial infarction, persistent moderate left ventricular systolic dysfunction and ...

A septal infarct is an area of dead tissue in the septum of the heart, which is a wall of tissue dividing the two sides of the heart. It happens when there is a blockage or reduction in its blood ...