A 58-year-old man presents with 2 hours of central crushing chest pain radiating to the left arm. Troponin is significantly elevated. Which of the following best describes the earliest microscopic change seen in irreversibly injured myocardium after infarction?
Which of the following is the single most important modifiable risk factor for the development of ischaemic heart disease?
A patient develops sudden hypotension and distended neck veins 5 days after a transmural anterior myocardial infarction. Echocardiography shows a large pericardial effusion with tamponade physiology. Which complication has most likely occurred?
Stable angina pectoris is classically produced by fixed coronary artery stenosis of what approximate luminal narrowing?
Which cardiac biomarker remains the most sensitive and specific for detecting myocardial injury, and can stay elevated for up to 7-10 days after infarction?
Which of the following IS NOT an acute plaque change implicated in the pathogenesis of myocardial infarction?