Outcomes in STEMI differ between patients in clinical trials and those in routine practice as well as across different regions. ExTRACT-TIMI 25 investigators hypothesized that adjustment for ...

This procedure can treat heart attack patients immediately and on-site during those critical moments directly after we ...

Following cardiac catheterization, patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) have a higher risk of short-term mortality than patients with non-STEMI (NSTEMI), who have a ...

Introduction The impact of sex on coronary artery disease prognosis is debated. It has been postulated that women receive ...

Missing a ST segment elevation MI on the ECG can lead to bad patient outcomes. It’s just not good. So let’s go over the ECG findings in STEMI — again, and again, and again — with multiple ...

Smaller hospitals or those in rural areas may not have PCI capabilities; however, those facilities frequently have capabilities to quickly transfer patients experiencing STEMI to a primary PCI ...

Hospitals with a higher volume of percutaneous microaxial ventricular assist device implantation in the US have fewer deaths among cardiogenic shock patients.

Post-PCI LVEF recovery varies by CAD type, with STEMI patients showing the most significant survival benefits.

this equates to reperfused artery in 90-150 minutes after ED arrival in STEMI patients treated with lytic therapy. Since time is muscle, there has to be a time from arrival until balloon inflation ...