Myocardial Infarction

Higher self-reported physical activity correlated with lower risk for cardiovascular events among patients with chronic kidney disease, according to data published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

Immunization with the Pfizer/BioNTech or Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines is not associated with an increased risk for major adverse CV events in people with established CVD, according to data published in Cardiovascular Research.

Visit-to-visit HDL and total cholesterol variability were associated with increased risk for new-onset HF in a cohort of patients in Hong Kong, researchers reported.

Fractional flow reserve vs. IVUS among patients with intermediate stenosis.

Assessing CV events after implantable loop recorder vs. standard care in MI patients.

ATLANTA — Prediabetes, with HbA1c below the diagnostic level for type 2 diabetes, may be an independent risk factor for myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass grafting, according to study data.

Delaying or stopping STEMI treatment during the first COVID-19-related lockdown in England was associated with approximately 2 life-years lost per patient vs. pre-lockdown conditions, according to a modeling analysis presented at EuroPCR.

Young adults with prediabetes are nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized for MI compared with young adults without impaired glucose tolerance, suggesting more screening and awareness is needed, researchers reported.

A Mediterranean diet was superior to a low-fat diet in preventing major CV events in secondary prevention of CVD, according to findings from the CORDIOPREV study.

Rates for 10-year mortality and hospitalization for recurrence after an acute MI decreased steadily over more than 2 decades, though researchers observed marked inequities among subgroups.