Longer times from symptom onset to randomization equaled a smaller—or perhaps no—advantage for Impella vs standard care.

Events picked up with the Fourth Universal Definition of MI were tied to higher mortality, emphasizing the role of ancillary ...

The presence of shock or respiratory failure did not prolong D2B times in patients using the Rampart system. The Rampart ...

Nobody can debate that PCI is associated with better outcomes than fibrinolytics in patients with STEMI. However, it is reasonable to question the continual use of fixed time windows (90 minutes or ...

A new study finds that patients who suffer a STEMI heart attack while hospitalized are 10 times more likely to die than patients who suffer a STEMI outside the hospital. If you suffer a heart attack ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ATLANTA — The monthly rate of PCI for STEMI dropped steadily at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and has yet ...

A STEMI is generally defined as an Electrocardiogram (EKG) with ST elevation of greater than 1 mm in 2 or more contiguous leads. It has also been defined as a "new" Left Bundle Branch Block (LBBB) in ...

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Lead augmented vector right (aVR) is a useful measure in the diagnosis of ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI), indicates a new analysis of data from the HERO-2 trial. “Lead aVR is ...

In 2013, University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers published a study with a surprising finding: Patients who suffered an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) heart attack while ...

In 1990, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) produced their first guideline for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI). This ...

When timely angioplasty is unavailable to older ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients, a modified pharmaco-invasive reperfusion strategy could be reasonable, according to the ...