...Stina Jakobsson; Anna Graipe; Daniel Huber; Fredrik Björklund; Thomas Mooe Background: Data on the incidence, trends over time and predictors of ischemic stroke after an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are sparse for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Methods: Data for unselected AMI...

...Amytis Towfighi; Baback Arshi; Daniela Markovic; Bruce Ovbiagele Background: Clinical trials have failed to show a benefit of B vitamin therapy in reducing composite outcomes of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, and stroke among stroke survivors with elevated total serum homocysteine...

... cardiac events including myocardial infarction (MI), which might be associated with a worse clinical outcome. Rapid identification of stroke patients at higher risk for MI might foster intensified cardiac monitoring or certain therapeutic strategies. However, information regarding acute MI...

... research might vary among disciplines. We therefore conducted a systematic review comparing publication characteristics and trends between stroke and myocardial infarction (MI) with respect to sex- and gender-related aspects. Methods: A systematic literature search was performed in PubMed to identify...

...: Patient data were collected in the DETECT (Diabetes Cardiovascular Risk Evaluation: Targets and Essential Data for Commitment of Treatment) study including 55,000 patients. Results: 3,109 patients (33.3% female) with myocardial infarction (MI), stroke or both were compared to patients with a wide range...

... and plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 concentrations have been shown to correlate positively to the risk of myocardial infarction or stroke. Recent investigations focus on potential causal mechanisms underlying such risk associations. These include the impact of fibrinogen levels on clot network structures...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Recurrent stroke Transient ischaemic attack Myocardial infarction Coronary heart disease Cognitive impairment Vascular risk factors This article reviews what is known about the short-, medium- and long-term prognosis...

... infarction in at least two antecedent case-control studies. These studies involved myocardial infarction cases and controls recruited by either the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Heart Center, Cleveland, Ohio, or the Genomic Resource in Arteriosclerosis at the University of California, San Francisco, Calif...

...Penka A. Atanassova; Nedka T. Chalakova; Borislav D. Dimitrov Background: Only few follow-up studies have compared the long-term risk of such major vascular events (MVE) as myocardial infarction (MI) and/or stroke following transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or minor ischaemic stroke (MIS). Estimates...

... using the Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS). Electrocardiograms were classified using the Minnesota Code and the European Society of Cardiology/American College of Cardiology criteria for acute myocardial infarction. The Rankin scale was recorded at 30 days. Results: Forty-five patients...

...Monisha Dutta; Elias Hanna; Pranab Das; Steven R. Steinhubl Myocardial infarction is the leading cause of death today. With the fast progress in pharmacotherapy and revascularization technology, outcomes following a myocardial infarction have become very favorable. While most of the complications...

...D. Leys; F. Woimant; J. Ferrières; C. Bauters; P.-J. Touboul; M. Guérillot; M.A. Herrmann; P. Priollet Background: Cerebral infarction (CI), myocardial infarction, peripheral artery disease (PAD) and aortic atheroma are the main clinical manifestations of atherothrombosis. Long-term prevention...

...João Morais The principal pathophysiological mechanism in patients with unstable angina pectoris (UAP) and non-Q-wave myocardial infarction (NQMI) is atherothrombosis – the formation of a platelet-rich thrombus at the site of a disrupted or eroded atherosclerotic plaque. Despite standard therapy...

... on coumadin, the patient developed silent myocardial infarction 2 months later, presumed to be also embolic in origin from the CAS. After aortic valve replacement, the patient has been symptom-free during a 2-year follow-up. In conclusion, CT angiography may be the method of choice for detecting calcific...

...Patrick M. Pullicino; Mariosa Xuereb; Josanne Aquilina; Marion R. Piedmonte In a population known to have a high prevalence of diabetes (DM), we undertook a prospective study of the effect of risk factors for atherothrombotic stroke on stroke following acute myocardial infarction (AMI...