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Silent MI Deadly

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A population-based, prospective cohort study in Iceland revealed that the long-term mortality risk of unrecognized myocardial infarction (UMI) can be as high as clinically recognized myocardial infarction (RMI). 935 participants (aged 67-93 years, 48.3% men) were characterized with cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) from January 2004 to January 2007 and followed […]