I assume this is a "here's another way this can happen" rather than "actually this is caused only by this and not by what we used to think"?
andy99 · 1m ago
The original title is "Myocardial infarction may be an infectious disease" which appears to be clickbait, with the title posted here being much more accurate.
Immune response to bacteria in arterial plaques can cause them to break up and cause the attack (my lay-interpretation) so the bacteria is a trigger, but "infectious disease" is a bit of hyperbole.
Immune response to bacteria in arterial plaques can cause them to break up and cause the attack (my lay-interpretation) so the bacteria is a trigger, but "infectious disease" is a bit of hyperbole.