2019
Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries as compared with myocardial infarction and obstructive coronary disease: outcomes in a Medicare population
Dreyer RP, Tavella R, Curtis JP, Wang Y, Pauspathy S, Messenger J, Rumsfeld JS, Maddox TM, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Beltrame JF. Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries as compared with myocardial infarction and obstructive coronary disease: outcomes in a Medicare population. European Heart Journal 2019, 41: 870-878. PMID: 31222249, PMCID: PMC7778433, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz403.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse cardiac eventsAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failureMyocardial infarctionCoronary angiographyComponents of MACENational Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI RegistryNon-obstructive coronary arteriesObstructive coronary artery diseaseAdverse cardiac eventsMajor adverse eventsObservational cohort studyObstructive coronary diseasePrognosis of patientsCoronary artery diseaseMACE componentsMINOCA patientsAdjusted riskCause mortalityPrimary endpointSecondary endpointsAdverse eventsCardiac eventsCathPCI RegistryCohort study
2015
Systematic Review of Patients Presenting With Suspected Myocardial Infarction and Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries
Pasupathy S, Air T, Dreyer RP, Tavella R, Beltrame JF. Systematic Review of Patients Presenting With Suspected Myocardial Infarction and Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries. Circulation 2015, 131: 861-870. PMID: 25587100, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.114.011201.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObstructive coronary artery diseaseNonobstructive coronary arteriesCoronary artery diseaseMyocardial infarctionArtery diseaseCoronary arteryRisk factorsSystematic reviewPrevalence of MINOCACardiovascular risk factorsCoronary artery spasmMedian patient agePotential pathophysiological mechanismsCardiac magnetic resonanceMultiple potential causesArtery spasmMINOCA patientsCause mortalityPatient ageWorking diagnosisClinical featuresClinical entityPathophysiological mechanismsThrombophilia disordersMINOCA