This review focuses on the initial presentation and in-hospital management of acute myocardial infarction, including selection of a management strategy and options for antithrombotic therapy.

Lethal reperfusion injury is a paradoxical type of myocardial injury caused by the restoration of coronary blood flow after an ischemic episode. This review focuses on the mechanisms of the injury, ...

Researchers investigated whether Tongxinluo, a Chinese medicinal compound, could improve clinical outcomes among ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients.

In the second part of the article, developments following the „discovery” of ischemic heart disease and gaining understanding of its nature have been presented starting from the first intravital ...

Nuclear medicine provides imaging modalities that can be used to observe physiological processes in the human body, particularly in the bones, heart, lungs, renal system and brain. This article – the ...

The beginning of Polish interest in cardiac diseases are associated with an eminent medieval physician, Thomas of Wrocław. In Part 1, a history of studies on myocardial infarction ends with ...