Rotterdam Study confirms that many myocardial infarctions are clinically unrecognized
Claire Braybrook
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Various studies have estimated that 4–44% of myocardial infarction (MI) events can remain unrecognized or 'silent' until patients' heart function is routinely assessed by imaging. As information is limited, however, de Torbal et al. sought to gather prospective data regarding the incidence of recognized and unrecognized MI in relation to increasing age in a cohort of participants from the Rotterdam Study.
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