November 18, 2009 (Orlando, Florida) — The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) have issued fast-track updates to the guidance for treatment of ST-elevation MI ...

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) is pleased to announce the publication of the Expert Consensus Statement on the Management of Patients with STEMI Referred for Primary ...

Immediate revascularization of nonculprit lesions in patients with STEMI was not superior compared with deferred percutaneous coronary intervention of nonculprit lesions out to 3 years, researchers ...

Multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) made modest inroads over the past decade in the United States, a national registry ...

(UPDATED) Using optical coherence tomography (OCT) guidance to determine that a STEMI patient does not, in fact, have an occlusive lesion can significantly reduce the rate of stent implantation ...

STEMI patients undergoing primary PCI fare better when transradial versus transfemoral access is used, an updated meta-analysis shows, confirming the findings of previous pooled analyses. Transradial ...

Sophia Antipolis, 21 September 2010: The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) welcomes a paper published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC )(1) highlighting concerns ...

A study from Madras Medical College compares two STEMI treatment strategies, highlighting effective outcomes in resource-limited settings.

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 ...

About The Study: In this randomized clinical trial of 3,777 patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI; a type of heart attack), the Chinese patent medicine Tongxinluo, as an ...