Impact of pulmonary infection and antibiotic use on recurrent myocardial infarction in patients with myocardial infarction by Zhican Liu, Zi Gu, Li Peng, Xi Huang, Li Yang, Chao Hu, Kai Guo, Huan Liu, Ling Guo, Yan Luo, Jianping Zeng, Mingyan Jiang

“…Kaplan-Meier survival curves were used to compare the risk of recurrent MI between patients with and without pulmonary infections. In the multivariable logistic regression analysis, pulmonary infections significantly increased the risk of recurrent MI in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) (odds ratio [OR] = 1.47, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.22–1.79, P < 0.0001) and ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) (OR = 1.43, 95% CI: 1.15–1.80, P = 0.0016). …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Myocardial Revascularization in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Russian Federation by B. G. Alekyan, S. A. Boytsov, V. I. Ganyukov, E. M. Manoshkina

“…To compare and analyze the results of myocardial revascularization in the Russian Federation (RF) with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) before the onset (2018-2019) and during the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) pandemic (2020-2021).Material and methods. …”
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Undiagnosed SARS-CoV-2 infection and outcome in patients with acute MI and no COVID-19 symptoms by Ole Fröbert, Mustafizur Rahman, C Raina MacIntyre, Zubair Akhtar, Fahmida Chowdhury, Mohammad Abdul Aleem, Probir Kumar Ghosh, Mahmudur Rahman, Mohammad Enayet Hossain, Mariya Kibtiya Sumiya, A K M Monwarul Islam, Mir Jamal Uddin, Sara Cajander

“…Objective We aimed to determine the prevalence and outcome of occult infection with SARS-CoV-2 and influenza in patients presenting with myocardial infarction (MI) without COVID-19 symptoms.Methods We conducted an observational study from 28 June to 11 August 2020, enrolling patients admitted to the National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh, with ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI) or non-ST-segment elevation MI who did not meet WHO criteria for suspected COVID-19. …”
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Early diagnosis of streptococcus cristatus in blood culture-negative infective endocarditis by capture-based metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a case report by Dong Wang, Hui Wang, Dan Zhang, Xinsheng Yan

“…After the patient was admitted to the hospital for comprehensive examinations, a preliminary clinical diagnosis of IE, aortic valve vegetation formation, acute non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, and heart failure was established. …”
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An 82‐year‐old man with a prosthetic aortic valve and multimicrobial bacteremia by Safiyah Noor Zubair, Soofia Kisana, Cynthia J. Anneski, Imtiaz Ahmed, Sajjad Ashraf Minhas

“…He developed atrial fibrillation with a rapid ventricular response and non–ST‐segment–elevation myocardial infarction, leading to hospitalization. …”
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When chest pain conceals cord compression: compressive myelopathy mimicking NSTEMI in a hemodialysis patient by Ahmed Dahshan, Ahmed Hamdy Youssef, Ahmed Mohamed Abdelmuty, Mohammed Ahmed Ezzat Enait, Mohammed Salah Eddin Siddig Ali, Wael Salah Darweesh, Ali Mahmoud Ali Ayoub

“…Three weeks prior, he had experienced chest pain and shortness of breath, prompting a diagnosis of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) based on mildly elevated troponin (145 pg/mL), despite a normal ECG. …”
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