Coronary artery embolism causes acute MI in a small percentage of patients and is most frequently due to A-fib, according to a study published online June 25, 2015, ahead of print in Circulation.

Acute pulmonary embolism is a life-threatening condition because it places sudden strain on the right ventricle of the heart.

THROMBOSIS of the ligated stump of the pulmonary vein, with subsequent embolization to the coronary artery, is a most unusual complication of pulmonary resection. This mechanism of death after ...

Few bodily functions are as misunderstood as blood clots. While most people have heard about blood clots in the heart or brain causing serious issues or even death, fewer realize that blood clotting ...

In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician, who responds to the information by sharing relevant background and reasoning ...

A randomized trial comparing an intensive to a standard diagnostic approach showed the suspected etiology, in cases of MI with nonobstructive coronary arteries, is often wrong.

In patients who are 65 or younger when they have a first MI, the root cause is often nonatherosclerotic, a large analysis from the Rochester Epidemiology Project shows. For women, in particular, more ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with heart attack without blocked arteries, a stratified treatment ...

Bristol Myers BMY announced that it will discontinue the late-stage Librexia study evaluating the efficacy and safety of ...