A growing body of evidence shows that heart attacks can occur even when angiograms look normal. Cardiologists explain MINOCA, ...

Integrating the reverse Aslanger pattern with Littmann’s continuity, the patient was diagnosed with a high lateral, high-risk, occlusive myocardial infarction. The patient immediately received dual ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

Dr. Krumholz answers the question: 'What Is A Myocardial Bridge?' — -- Question: I was told I have a myocardial bridge. What does that mean and is it important? Answer: A myocardial bridge is a ...

Most trials that have shown a benefit of beta-blocker treatment after myocardial infarction included patients with large myocardial infarctions and were conducted in an era before modern ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I read your recent column about the 30-year-old pregnant woman who had a “heart attack” while working out in a spin class. She fell into a coma and was found to have a “congenital ...

For patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction, complete revascularization of all vessels with stenosis appears to be a more effective long-term approach than targeting culprit arteries alone, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Stress MRI improves diagnosis of chest pain in patients with angina and nonobstructive CAD. Functional testing ...

Exercise electrocardiographic (ECG) stress tests appeared to reliably indicate that some patients with angina with nonobstructive coronary arteries (ANOCA) actually had coronary microvascular ...

A new method for determining whether patients with heart disease need coronary stents or bypass surgery is more effective than the angiogram, which is currently used, according to research from ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your recent column about the 30-year-old pregnant woman who had a “heart attack” while working out in a spin class. She fell into a coma and was found to have a “congenital ...