San Francisco, CA—Rapid endovascular catheter core cooling combined with cold saline was safe and effective in patients with anterior or large inferior STEMI, according to results from the CHILL-MI ...

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 ...

Using a bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is feasible and carries favorable in-hospital and 6-month outcomes, according to a study ...

A 61-year-old man presented to the emergency department with epigastric pain lasting 3 hours, preceded by vomiting and watery diarrhea for 2 days. He had a 7-year history of hypertension, diabetes ...

Medical Management/Treatment Initial treatment for suspected STEMI and NSTEMI requires a loading dose of nonenteric coated ASA at 162 to 325 mg (unless contraindicated), nitroglycerin in response to ...

Immediate multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is non-inferior to staged multivessel PCI for reducing death and ischaemic events in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial ...

A number of substudies have been published in 2007, including a Focus Issue of JACC highlighting additional findings from ExTRACT-TIMI 25. In ExTRACT-TIMI 25, women presented with a profile of higher ...

Normal sinus rhythm Third degree AV block (a.k.a. complete heart block) Inferior ST elevation myocardial infarction (Inferior STEMI) Incomplete right bundle branch block Ischemia of the AV node and ...

The authors reviewed physician-to-physician conversations during emergency transfer of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and found that higher-quality physician coordination was ...

A man in his mid-70s with a history of peripheral arterial disease, but no known heart disease, presents to the emergency department (ED) with 1 to 2 hours of nonradiating, slightly pleuritic, ...