GUILDFORD, UK — Obtaining an ECG in the prehospital setting makes it more likely patients with ST-elevation MI (STEMI) will get reperfusion therapy and, in both STEMI and non-ST-elevation MI (NSTEMI) ...

In addition to standard STEMI/NSTEMI post care, follow-up care for patients with COVID-19 and cardiovascular complications should include periodic evaluation every 1 to 3 months with detailed history ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that mines ECG data and alerts the primary PCI team to activate the cath lab can reduce STEMI patients’ arrival times by as much as 10 minutes, according 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 ...

WINSTON-SALEM, NC — Patients with atrial fibrillation, especially women, may be at significant risk for a non-ST-segment-elevation MI (NSTEMI), according to a new analysis [1], which seems to build on ...

Identifying an acute myocardial infarction on the 12-lead ECG is the most important thing you can learn in ECG interpretation. Time is muscle when treating heart attacks. Missing a ST segment ...

The acute coronary syndromes include unstable angina, non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction and ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. The terms “transmural,” “non-transmural,” “Q wave ...

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 ...