Prognostic Impact of Peak Aortic Jet Velocity on Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction.

Background: Aortic valve stenosis (AS) leads to increased cardiovascular mortality and morbidity, and recent studies reported that even mild-to-moderate AS was associated with poor prognosis in the general population. This study investigated the prognostic impact of mild or moderate AS, defined as 2.0 m/s ≤ peak aortic jet velocity (Vmax) ≤3.

Recurrent Myocardial Infarction in a Patient With MINOCA and a Negative Ergometrine Provocation Test.

This case highlights the diagnostic challenge associated with coronary vasospasm, especially when accompanied by no provoked spasms on the ergometrine test in the acute setting of myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries. Inexplicable myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries after extensive evaluation should alert the clinician to the possibility of coronary vasospasm and the necessity of acetylcholine provocative testing in spite of a negative ergometrine provocation test. ().