Cardiac fibrosis plays an indispensable role in cardiac tissue homeostasis and repair after myocardial infarction (MI). The cardiac fibroblast-to-myofibroblast differentiation and extracellular matrix ...

Background and aims: Ischemic preconditioning (IPC), i.e., brief periods of ischemia, protect the heart from subsequent prolonged ischemic injury, and reduces infarction size. Myocardial stunning ...

Coronary artery disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Coronary artery disease can lead to major complications including myocardial infarction (MI). The ...

duke-nus.edu.sg Despite prompt reperfusion by primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI), the mortality and morbidity of patients presenting with an acute ST-segment elevation myocardial ...

Objective To assess whether ischaemia or infarction contributes to ventricular impairment in unoperated patients with uncomplicated congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (TGA) by ...

Patients diagnosed with migraine in inpatient or outpatient settings had an increased risk for myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke, irrespective of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use.

They can be related to each other, but they’re not the same thing. With heart failure, the heart keeps pumping, just not as effectively. With heart attack (myocardial infarction), blood flow to the ...

Just as importantly, clinical trials have also strongly suggested that the early administration of aspirin can substantially reduce the size of the myocardial infarction. This can greatly diminish the ...

Journal of Nuclear Medicine January 2025, jnumed.124.268713; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.124.268713 ...