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 ...

The effects of regionalized STEMI treatment protocols do not seem to have positively or negatively affected patients diagnosed with NSTEMI, according to new California registry data. The widespread ...

The benefit of fractional flow reserve (FFR)–guided complete revascularization in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multivessel coronary artery disease remains ...

Women are more likely than men to develop heart failure (HF) both during and after STEMI and are also more likely to die, according to a large Canadian study. The increased risk was not seen among ...

In stabilized heart attack survivors without heart failure or left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction, stopping the ...

myocardial infarction, heart attack Even patients with advanced CKD or receiving dialysis appear to benefit from guideline-directed STEMI therapies, according to a retrospective study. Patients with ...

Freeman Heart & Vascular Institute has earned Level 1 STEMI designation from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior ...

Electrocardiography is performed in the emergency department to test for myocardial infarction. Image courtesy of Harrington et al. A 56-year-old woman presents to a rural emergency department with ...