Prevalence and prognosis of unrecognized myocardial infarction determined by cardiac magnetic resonance in older adults.

• Published in: JAMA
• Main Authors: Schelbert, Erik B, Cao, Jie J, Sigurdsson, Sigurdur, Aspelund, Thor, Kellman, Peter, Aletras, Anthony H, Dyke, Christopher K, Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur, Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Launer, Lenore J, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Harris, Tamara B, Arai, Andrew E
• Other Authors: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Aged; 80 and over; Atherosclerosis; Case-Control Studies; Cohort Studies; Diabetes Complications; Electrocardiography; Female; Humans; Iceland; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Myocardial Infarction; Prevalence; Prognosis; Risk; Ari
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2336/301417; https://doi.org/10.1001/2012.jama.11089

To access publisher's full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field. Unrecognized myocardial infarction (MI) is prognostically important. Electrocardiography (ECG) has limited sensitivity for detecting unrecognized MI (UMI). Determine prevalence and...