Open AccessRisk for cardiovascular events following ‘microsize’ versus usual myocardial infarctions
Author(s) -
Zaid Almarzooq,
Lisandro D. Colantonio,
Peter M. Okin,
Joshua Richman,
Todd M. Brown,
Emily B Levitan,
Joanna Bryan,
Monika M. Safford
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
heart
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.184
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 1468-201X
pISSN - 1355-6037
DOI - 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-317852
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , cardiology , prospective cohort study , troponin , stroke (engine) , cohort , coronary artery disease , mechanical engineering , engineering
Microsize myocardial infarction (MI) is a recently described phenomenon that meets rigorous criteria for MI with very low peak troponin elevations. We aim to compare the risk for cardiovascular events and mortality following microsize versus usual MIs.