Chest pain is one of the most common reasons patients present to the hospital. For the patient, it means fear and uncertainty. Meanwhile, the physician faces a rapid decision: are we dealing with a myocardial infarction, a life-threatening condition, or another, often much less dangerous, cause of the symptoms? The problem is that in the early stages, the symptoms can be very similar. And in myocardial infarction, time works against us. That is why in our project we are searching for a new warning signal, writes Ewelina Błażejowska, MD, a PhD candidate at the 1st Chair and Department of Cardiology, UCK WUM.
What is this warning signal? Read more in the article Time matters: non-coding RNA in detecting an evolving myocardial infarction.
We invite you to read it!