Key result
This article reviews the contemporary definition, etiologies, assessment, and management strategies for patients presenting with myocardial infarction in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease.
Why the study?
MINOCA is a heterogeneous entity with varied etiologies, making it important for healthcare providers to understand its disease process, presentation, and underlying causes to guide management.
This review provides an overview of the contemporary definition, etiologies, assessment, and management strategies for patients presenting with MINOCA.
Provides clinicians an updated synthesis of MINOCA assessment and management; leaves open the need for prospective trials to guide therapy.
Myocardial infarction (MI) in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease (MINOCA) is prevalent in around 5% of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) presentations. MINOCA is a heterogeneous entity with many different etiologies. It is important for health care providers to familiarize themselves with the disease process, presentation, and possible underlying causes in order to guide appropriate management strategies. In this article, the authors review the contemporary definition, etiologies and assessment, and management for AMI patients with MINOCA.
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Sharedalal et al. (2020) conducted a review in Myocardial infarction in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease (MINOCA). This article reviews the contemporary definition, etiologies, assessment, and management strategies for patients presenting with myocardial infarction in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease.
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