Depressive patients who took escitalopram after acute coronary syndrome (ACS)-related events had lower reoccurrences of major adverse cardiac events after eight years of follow-up, a group of Korean researchers reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Australian women with the deadliest type of heart attack, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), are less likely to receive invasive treatment, revascularization or preventive medication at discharge, researchers reported in the Medical Journal of Australia.

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) during pregnancy increased by 25 percent over a 12-year period, researchers reported in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Marijuana use before an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) lowers the odds of in-hospital mortality by 21 percent, according to multicenter analysis of more than 1.2 million patients published in PLOS One.

Regular physical activity, even in areas with moderate to high levels of traffic pollution, is still effective in reducing the risk of first and recurrent myocardial infarction (MI), according to a study published online July 18 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) caused more than a quarter of all deaths in India in 2015, according to a new study in The Lancet Global Health, with rural residents and young adults accounting for most of the recent uptick.

A new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association suggests greater adherence to a Southern (U.S.) diet is associated with a 56 percent increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) when compared to those with a Mediterranean diet.

For decades, cardiologists have insisted patients take it easy after a heart attack—but younger physicians believe in encouraging patients be active, and even run, because exercise decreases the chances of a subsequent cardiac event.