Although coronary thrombus overlying a disrupted atherosclerotic plaque has long been
considered the hallmark and the primary therapeutic target for acute myocardial infarction …

Background Cardiac rupture, an uncommon yet catastrophic complication after acute
myocardial infarction (AMI), has been studied primarily in the prethrombolytic and …

The occurrence of myocardial rupture was evaluated in an unselected population of 1,737
patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Patients with cardiac rupture after AMI were …

The fourth universal definition of myocardial infarction (MI)[1] introduces several changes
and new concepts of MI to enhance clinical practice. The most important of them being, in …

Myocardial infarction (MI) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. In
atherothrombotic MI (ST-elevation MI and type 1 non-ST-elevation MI), coronary artery …

In the United States by mid-century, cardiovascular disease accounted for more than half of
all deaths. In the second half of this century, 85% of reduction in age-adjusted mortality rates …

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Mechanical complications of myocardial infarction include rupture of a papillary muscle,
ventricular septum, and free wall. Since the advent of acute coronary reperfusion, there has …

Background There is little known about whether the clinical and pathological characteristics
and incidence of cardiac rupture (CR) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have …