Yandrapalli S, Malik AH, Pemmasani G, et al. - Compared with the general female population in the United States, researchers analyzed the differences in epidemiology and outcomes of a first myocardial infarction in breast cancer survivors. To identify adult women with a first myocardial infarction, they retrospectively analyzed the US National Inpatient Sample years 2005-2015. Of 1,644,032 first myocardial infarction cases in adult women, 56,842 were breast cancer survivors. Compared with women without breast cancer, breast cancer survivors had a first acute myocardial infarction at an older age and had small but favorable differences in cardiovascular disease risk factors and outcomes. The favorable influence of health education, preventative medical care, greater motivation for a healthier life-style, and participation in cancer survivorship programs on these apparently contradictory findings in breast cancer survivors should be additionally assessed.