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This Viewpoint examines whether overdiagnosis rather than underdiagnosis may now be the dominant form of myocardial infarction misdiagnosis.

On November 15, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Notice of Inquiry seeking information and input from communications-focused industries on how the FCC should...

Researchers from the United Kingdom evaluated the use of a high-sensitivity assay to measure cardiac troponin I and its impact on myocardial infarction (MI) risk or other long-term outcomes such as death at five years in individuals with suspected acute coronary syndrome.

Objective To evaluate the impact of implementing a high sensitivity assay for cardiac troponin I on long term outcomes in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome. Design Secondary observational analysis of a stepped wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial. Setting 10 secondary and tertiary care centres in Scotland, UK. Participants 48 282 consecutive patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome. Myocardial injury was defined as any high sensitivity assay result for cardiac tropon...

Greater Glasgow and Clyde Population Analysis presented in a late breaking science session today at Heart Failure 2023

The diagnosis of heart failure is usually missed, denying patients treatments that could improve wellbeing and reduce mortality. That’s the finding from a late breaking science presentation today at Heart Failure 2023, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). “For patients with heart failure, lifestyle advice, medicines and devices can improve symptoms, reduce morbidity and prolong life but this requires someone to recognise and diagnose the condition,” said prin...

Data from the NHANES study suggest that current 99th percentile URLs could be overdetecting myocardial injury in older patients.

ANTWOORD study presented in a late breaking science session today at EHRA 2023

The rate of major AEs was fourfold higher with surgery, yet deaths were higher post-PCI, rekindling old debates.

We wish to congratulate Florian A Wenzl and colleagues1 for their important analysis and update of the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) score to address observed differences in the prediction of in-hospital mortality following non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes between women and men. If this state-of-the-art prediction model is to reduce sex inequalities in care, then additional information is needed to ensure the GRACE 3.0 score is consistently applied in practice...