Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries (MINOCA): It's Time to Face Reality!

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Saint Luke's Hospital, New York, NY jacqueline.tamis-holland@mountsinai.org.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

Editorial

Jacqueline E Tamis-Holland et al. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018.

. 2018 Jun 28;7(13):e009635.

doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.009635.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Saint Luke's Hospital, New York, NY jacqueline.tamis-holland@mountsinai.org.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

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Keywords: Editorials; coronary artery disease; myocardial infarction; prognosis; sex.

Comment on

Presentation, Clinical Profile, and Prognosis of Young Patients With Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries (MINOCA): Results From the VIRGO Study.
Safdar B, Spatz ES, Dreyer RP, Beltrame JF, Lichtman JH, Spertus JA, Reynolds HR, Geda M, Bueno H, Dziura JD, Krumholz HM, D'Onofrio G. Safdar B, et al. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Jun 28;7(13):e009174. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.009174. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018. PMID: 29954744 Free PMC article.

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