For assessing myocardial injury following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), troponin I is overly sensitive and fails to distinguish procedure-related myocardial infarction (MI) from minor ...

The widely used biomarker contributes to the hundreds of millions of dollars spent annually on cardiac care, but adds no value in evaluating patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome, ...

Parma, Italy - Authors of a new, prospective, multicenter study say their research is the first to clearly show a link between elevated creatine kinase MB (CK-MB) post-PCI and increased risk of ...

Definitions for what constitutes elevation of creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) vary widely among centers. Setting absolute rather than relative thresholds may help pinpoint clinically relevant levels of the ...

Nearly 7 million patients present to U.S. emergency departments annually for evaluation of possible acute coronary syndromes (ACSs). Despite hospital admission of the 25% to 30% who have atypical ...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Mayo Clinic have compiled peer-reviewed evidence and crafted a guideline designed to help physicians and medical centers stop the ...

DALLAS, Aug. 20 – A test commonly used to diagnose heart attacks may also identify patients at increased risk of death after balloon angioplasty, according to a study in today's rapid access issue of ...

The occurrence of acute myocardial infarction (MI) during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery varies greatly, depending on the diagnostic criteria used. Although findings have suggested ...

Patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery and had elevated levels of the cardiac enzymes creatine kinase or troponin in the 24 hours following surgery had an associated intermediate ...

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