Short note: iron, infection and acute myocardial infarction

Recent studies have noted an association between both increased serum ferritin and dietary iron intake and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The possible role of increased serum ferritin and dietary iron intake in the promotion of infection, and in the etiology of AMI, is discussed. In addition, the possible role of infection in the etiology of coronary heart disease and AMI is also discussed.