Blue-collar workers who cleaned up debris in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001, experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at double the rate of the general population, according to a study in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

Patients were about 40 percent less likely to survive the most severe heart attacks in the six coldest months of the year, according to research presented in June at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference.

About two-thirds of patients older than 65 who experience a myocardial infarction die within eight years, according to a new study—and nearly half die in that timeframe even if they receive percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

Norepinephrine seemed to be a safer vasopressor than epinephrine for patients with cardiogenic shock following acute myocardial infarction, according to a small randomized trial conducted in France. Significantly more patients given epinephrine developed refractory cardiogenic shock, causing the study to be stopped early.

Learning a heart attack patient has nonobstructive coronary arteries shouldn’t necessarily be met with relief, according to a multicenter study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

In an interview with JAMA, emergency medicine physician Rachel Zang, MD, discussed doctors responding to in-flight medical emergencies, potential legal liabilities and the standard equipment that airlines stock to handle such incidents.

Individuals who maintain a high level of fitness in midlife are at a decreased risk of depression—and those who stay in shape while diagnosed with depression exhibit a 56 percent lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to new research published on June 27 in JAMA Psychiatry.

Compared to warfarin, the direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) apixaban, rivaroxaban and dabigatran are all associated with a reduced risk of myocardial infarction, according to a Danish registry study of consecutive patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AFib).