We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. The number of STEMI activations in U.S. cardiac ...

Interventional cardiology has revolutionized the approach to cardiovascular diseases, particularly in the management of acute coronary syndromes, such as ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI).

Heparin started in the ambulance or emergency department (ED) makes it more likely a patient with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) will present to the cath lab without a ...

(UPDATED) The varying severity of COVID-19 “surges” around the United States to date has left cath labs debating whether to switch to fibrinolytic-based strategies for STEMI patients, or continue to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients who required interhospital transfer for STEMI, nearly 40% had cath lab activation times of less ...

Prehospital activation of the cardiac cath lab not only has a positive impact on performance measures, but also significantly improves both short- and long-term survival, according to new data from ...

(HealthDay News) — From 1999–2009 there was a decrease in the proportion of older adults with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) who did not undergo cardiac catheterization, ...

ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients have a higher chance of survival if emergency medical service (EMS) teams notify the cardiac catherization lab at the hospital where the patient ...

Operators safely shaved a few minutes off heart attack reperfusion times by taking patients straight to culprit lesion percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) when they arrived at the catheterization ...

NEW ORLEANS — Immediate coronary angiography may offer no survival advantage over a delayed-angiography approach in adults resuscitated but unconscious after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with no ...

Kirtane: The COACT trial is a pretty important trial for interventional cardiologists because oftentimes we get called from the emergency room or even out of the hospital for patients that have a ...

In March, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston became one of ten hospitals awarded accreditation as a Mission: Lifeline Heart Attack Referring/Receiving Center by the American Heart Association ...