Is Myocardial Infarction Overdiagnosed?

JAMA. 2024 Apr 24. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.5235. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Cian P McCarthy¹, Jason H Wasfy¹, James L Januzzi Jr^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston.
² Baim Institute for Clinical Research, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 38656331
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.5235

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint examines whether overdiagnosis rather than underdiagnosis may now be the dominant form of myocardial infarction misdiagnosis.

Grants and funding

K23 HL167659/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States