A study tested five lncRNAs (aHIF, ANRIL, KCNQ1OT1, MIAT, MALAT1) that associated with cardiac pathology in the blood samples from MI patients, results shows that the levels of certain lncRNAs in peripheral blood cells are regulated after MI and associated with LV dysfunction (Vausort et al., 2014). Here, MIAT is linked to myocardial infarction.