A substantial proportion of patients receiving fibrinolytic therapy for myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation have inadequate reperfusion or reocclusion of the infarct-related artery, ...

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 ...

Dallas, TX - Low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) may be superior to unfractionated heparin in the treatment of patients with ST-elevation MI (STEMI) receiving thrombolytic therapy in the modern era, ...

An intracoronary injection of nitrite during primary PCI does not reduce infarct size in STEMI patients, according to a small, randomized proof-of-concept trial published in the January 30, 2015, ...

A 34-year-old woman presented to the hospital after calling the emergency medical service (EMS) due to prolonged constrictive pain in her chest, which had come on suddenly at home. Records showed that ...