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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risk factors for patients with acute MI have changed modestly as treatment has improved, with mortality rates ...

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 ...

Share on Pinterest Certain ingredients that are a part of traditional Chinese medicine can have anti-inflammatory effects on the heart. Michela Ravasio/Stocksy An acute ST-segment elevation myocardial ...