Kadesjö E, et al. - Researchers sought to examine causes of death in individuals with myocardial injury. They performed a cohort of 22,589 individuals, 3853 individuals with myocardial injury were distinguished and classified into: type 1 myocardial infarction, type 2 myocardial infarction, and nonischemic acute and chronic myocardial injury. They enrolled all 1466/3853 (38%) individuals who died during follow-up (3.9 ± 2 years). Rates and adjusted odds ratio (OR) were calculated with 95% confidence interval (CI) for causes of death in the 4 categories of myocardial injury using individuals without myocardial injury 819/17,932 (4.6%) who died as reference. The data showed that individuals with type 1 myocardial infarction and acute or chronic myocardial injury have similar proportions and high risks for cardiovascular death. They consider that these findings stress the need for examining individuals without known heart diseases who present with nonischemic myocardial injury or type 2 myocardial infarction.