Integrating the reverse Aslanger pattern with Littmann’s continuity, the patient was diagnosed with a high lateral, high-risk, occlusive myocardial infarction. The patient immediately received dual ...

Early coronary reperfusion for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is critical for the preservation of overall left ventricular (LV) function and improved survival. Despite advancements ...

A protocol of immediate angiography provided no mortality benefit over a strategy or delayed or more selective angiography among patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and without ...

ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is associated with high morbidity and mortality, but timely reperfusion is known to result in dramatically improved patient outcomes. As many as 40% ...

An anterior myocardial infarction results from occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery. This can cause an ST elevation myocardial infarction or a non-ST segment elevation myocardial ...

Some clinicians say that testing for occlusion myocardial infarction (OMI) instead might be a better tool for making that determination. “We think we should get rid of the term ST-elevation MI, ...

Researchers at University Medical Center Maastricht and international partners report that a single shot of the drug zalunfiban given at first medical contact for suspected ST-elevation myocardial ...