Primary Prevention of Myocardial Infarction: Putting the Evidence to Use: Comment on “Medication in Relation to ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Patients With a First Myocardial Infarction”

Seldom, if ever, have we had as much knowledge to prevent a future epidemic. What is lacking is the wisdom to act upon that knowledge.—Jonathan S. Allan, DVM¹

Since the discovery of coronary artery obstruction by Edward Jenner in the 1780s² and the introduction of the concept of MI by Sir Thomas Lewis in 1934,^2,3 our understanding of the causes of and methods of preventing MI has grown tremendously.^4,5