Background Both Takotsubo syndrome (TS) and ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) are conditions characterised by the ...

A new study published in Clinical Cardiology introduces the North Indian (NORIN) ST‐Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Registry and provides preliminary data collected since its start in ...

CHICAGO, IL—(UPDATED) Most cath labs have abandoned bivalirudin during primary PCI in the wake of multiple trials showing no advantages over heparin, but investigators for the BRIGHT-4 study say that ...

Prehospital pulse-dose glucocorticoid treatment in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) does not reduce the final infarct size at 3 months but may improve acute outcomes ...

San Francisco, CA—Results of the randomized EUROMAX trial show that administering bivalirudin to STEMI patients en route to the hospital for primary PCI reduces the primary outcome of short-term death ...

Specific measures using a Six Sigma approach led to sustained reduction of door-to-balloon times among patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in a community setting. Each ...

Identifying an acute myocardial infarction on the 12-lead ECG is the most important thing you can learn in ECG interpretation. Time is muscle when treating heart attacks. Missing a ST segment ...

Inpatient STEMI is associated with older age, a higher female:male ratio, and more comorbidities than outpatient STEMI Inpatient STEMI is often associated with clinical presentations that are atypical ...

USA: Researchers have found in a new study that patients who develop ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) while ...

Giving half-dose thrombolytic to ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients who are going to have a delay in receiving primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), provided effective ...