title: Electrocardiographic screening may detect people who have had MI.
abstract: Survivors of an acute coronary syndrome remain at increased risk of future, possibly fatal, cardiac events. Myocardial infarction (MI) is the most common manifestation of ischaemic heart disease. Although MI is usually associated with severe symptoms, up to 44 per cent of the events remain unrecognised until routine and repeated imaging of cardiac function is performed. Those with unrecognised MI have a similar prognosis to those in whom the infarction is recognised. The incidence of MI increases with age so the.