Pregnancy-Associated Chest Pain: A Case of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection by Vidhushei Yogeswaran, Satvik Ramakrishna, John S. MacGregor, Lucas Zier, Nora Goldschlager

“…Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) is an important cause of myocardial infarction that typically affects women without traditional cardiovascular risk factors. …”
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L’expérience de l’infarctus du myocarde : tensions identitaires des malades et effets sur leur demande de soins by Marianne Lafitte

“…Many people who are victims of myocardial infarction do not call for help or differ the call, endangering themselves. …”
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Sex Differences in the Effect of Type 2 Diabetes on Major Cardiovascular Diseases: Results from a Population-Based Study in Italy by Paola Ballotari, Francesco Venturelli, Marina Greci, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Valeria Manicardi

“…The aim of the study is to assess sex difference in association between type 2 diabetes and incidence of major cardiovascular events, that is, myocardial infarction, stroke, and heart failure, using information retrieved by diabetes register. …”
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A Series of Unfortunate Events: Prinzmetal Angina Culminating in Transmural Infarction in the Setting of Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage by Michael Ruisi, Phillip Ruisi, Hugo Rosero, Paul Schweitzer

“…While the ischemia induced is usually transient, myocardial infarction and life-threatening arrhythmias can occur in 25% of cases. …”
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Acute Thrombotic Occlusion of Right Coronary and Left Circumflex Coronary Arteries in a Patient with Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Successful Stent Implantation by Serdar Biceroglu, Muge Ildizli Demirbas, Mustafa Karaca, Murat Yalcin, Hasan Yilmaz

“…Antiphospholipid syndrome is a rare disorder. Acute myocardial infarction is uncommon among these patients. Here we report a case of a 44-year-old man with antiphospholipid syndrome admitted for acute inferior myocardial infarction. …”
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Rare Case of Cocaine-Induced Aortic Aneurysm: A Near Dissection Event by Ranju Kunwor, AnnMarie Canelas

“…Cocaine use has been associated with cardiovascular complications such as coronary atherosclerosis, coronary artery spasm, cardiac arrhythmias, acute myocardial infarction, myocarditis, and dilated cardiomyopathies. …”
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Postpartum Coronary Vasospasm with Literature Review by Jayanth Koneru, Matthew Cholankeril, Kunal Patel, Fadi Alattar, Ashraf Alqaqa, Hirtaj Virk, Fayez Shamoon, Mahesh Bikkina

“…Acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy or the postpartum period is rare. …”
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Outcome of primary closure following carotid endarterectomy with a novel technique: An 8-year multicenter cohort study by Amir Ahmad Arabzadeh, MD, Mohammadreza Kalantarmotamedi, MD, Babak Sabet, MD, Niki Tadayon, MD

“…Early complications (8.7%) included hematoma, transient ischemic attack, myocardial infarction, stroke, and death. Late complications involved myocardial infarction, death, transient ischemic attack, stroke, and reintervention. …”
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Tinnitus and cardiovascular disease: the population-based Tromsø Study (2015–2016) by Laila A Hopstock, Bo Engdahl, Norun Hjertager Krog, Bente Oftedal, Jannike Heyerdahl-Larsen Ausland, Magnar Johnsen

“…This study aimed to examine whether tinnitus is associated with the prevalence of hypertension, myocardial infarction or stroke, in the general adult population.Methods We used data from the seventh survey of the Tromsø Study, a comprehensive population-based health study carried out in 2015–2016. …”
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Leukocyte Counts, Myeloperoxidase, and Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein A as Biomarkers for Cardiovascular Disease: Towards a Multi-Biomarker Approach by M. B. I. Lobbes, M. E. Kooi, E. Lutgens, A. W. Ruiters, V. Lima Passos, S. H. J. G. Braat, M. Rousch, H. Ten Cate, J. M. A. van Engelshoven, M. J. A. P. Daemen, S. Heeneman

“…We evaluated leukocyte counts and levels of CRP, fibrinogen, MPO, and PAPP-A in patients with stable and unstable angina pectoris, acute myocardial infarction, and healthy controls. All biomarkers were analyzed again after 6 months. …”
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High-intensity statin therapy in patients with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jing Wang, Ling Wu, Yu-Ling Yan, Bo Qiu, Song-Bai Deng, Xiao-Dong Jing, Jian-Lin Du, Ya-Jie Liu, Qiang She

“…However, its effects on all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction, heart failure and renal protection remain unclear. …”
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Successful treatment of cardiac dysfunction due to left main trunk obstruction and severe acute aortic regurgitation secondary to acute type A aortic dissection using Impella: a ca... by Ai Sakai, Kenji Iino, Hideyasu Ueda, Yoshitaka Yamamoto, Hirofumi Takemura

“…Conclusions The patient exhibited severe cardiac dysfunction due to extensive myocardial infarction and acute AR from A-AAD. Retrograde perfusion via VA-ECMO was required for systemic organ perfusion but was expected to hinder cardiac recovery. …”
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Surgical Cryoablation of Drug Resistant Ventricular Tachycardia and Aneurysmectomy of Postinfarction Left Ventricular Aneurysm by Marek Pojar, Jan Harrer, Nedal Omran, Martin Vobornik

“…Ventricular tachycardia is a common and a negative prognostic factor in patients with endocardial scarring following myocardial infarction and aneurysm formation. The authors present a case of a 51-year-old man with ischemic heart disease, who suffered myocardial infarction four years ago. …”
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Unraveling the causal impact of smoking and its DNA methylation signatures on cardiovascular disease: Mendelian randomization and colocalization analysis by Si Cao, Youjie Zeng, Ke Pang, Minghua Chen, Ren Guo, Nayiyuan Wu, Chao Fang, Huiyin Deng, Xiaoyi Zhang, Xiaohui Xie, Wen Ouyang, Heng Yang

“…DNA methylation alteration at cg25313468 (located in the TSS1500 region of REST) is simultaneously associated with the risk of atrial fibrillation, coronary atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, and myocardial infarction. Additionally, cg21647257 (located in the TSS200 region of CLIP3) is associated with the risk of atrial fibrillation; cg06197751 (located in SGEF gene body) and cg07520810 (located in ARID5B gene body) are associated with the risk of coronary atherosclerosis; cg16822035 (located in MCF2L gene body) is associated with the risk of myocardial infarction. …”
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ST Elevation Infarction after Heart Transplantation Induced by Coronary Spasms and Mural Thrombus Detected by Optical Coherence Tomography by Tor Skibsted Clemmensen, Niels Ramsing Holm, Hans Eiskjær, Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen, Michael Maeng, Christian Juhl Terkelsen, Evald Høj Christiansen

“…The present case displays the clinical course of a 19-year-old HTx patient who was hospitalized due to acute myocardial infarction induced by severe coronary spasms. …”
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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Strategy for Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection of Left Main Coronary Artery with Extensive Intramural Hematoma in the Main Side Branch by Makio Muraishi, Kosuke Maeda, Takuya Okada, Masahiko Noguchi

“…The patient was diagnosed with a non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction. On arrival, she had a stable hemodynamic status without chest pain. …”
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Adult ADHD Medications and Their Cardiovascular Implications by A. Sinha, O. Lewis, R. Kumar, S. L. H. Yeruva, B. H. Curry

“…There has been increasing concern that adults with ADHD are at greater risk for developing adverse cardiovascular events such as sudden death, myocardial infarction, and stroke as compared to pediatric population. …”
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Novel Antiplatelet Agent Use for Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Emergency Department: A Review by M. Curial, E. Nath, E. Lang

“…Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) is a clinical condition encompassing ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI), Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI), and Unstable Angina (UA) and is characterized by ruptured coronary plaque, ischemic stress, and/or myocardial injury. …”
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Heparin and Bivalirudin in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Review Article by Guiping Wang, Kaijie Qi, Xuyang Li, Shuping Zuo, Ruolin Zhang, Yanan Zhao, Suya Sun, Juanjuan Zhang, Xiaokun Liu

“…Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is one of the most common leading global causes of mortality, encompassing ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), and unstable angina (UA). …”
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Review and Outcome of Prolonged Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Houssein Youness, Tarek Al Halabi, Hussein Hussein, Ahmed Awab, Kellie Jones, Jean Keddissi

“…The main causes of the cardiac arrests were myocardial infarction (29%), hypothermia (21%), and pulmonary emboli (12%). 74% of the arrests were witnessed, with a mean latency to CPR of 2 ± 6 minutes and good quality chest compression provided in 96% of the cases. …”
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