(HealthDay)—During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a 38 percent reduction in U.S. cardiac catheterization laboratory ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) activations, according to ...

In an effort to improve STEMI outcomes in their region, Argentine researchers have determined that using an instant messaging app to diagnose STEMI in the ambulance, and therefore have the patient ...

Upstream activation of the catheterization laboratory by emergency medical services (EMS) technicians and emergency department physicians for patients suspected of suffering an ST-segment elevation ...

Heparin started in the ambulance or emergency department (ED) makes it more likely a patient with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) will present to the cath lab without a ...

Interventional cardiology has revolutionized the approach to cardiovascular diseases, particularly in the management of acute coronary syndromes, such as ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI).

TORONTO — Using an automated ECG reading to diagnose patients with ST-segment-elevation MI (STEMI) did not increase the rate of inappropriate mobilization of the cardiac catheterization lab team in a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Fewer than half of patients with STEMI who were transported by emergency medical services had catheterization ...

Each year, approximately 350,000 people die from cardiac arrest in Florida, and it remains the third-leading cause of death ...

ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients have a higher chance of survival if emergency medical service (EMS) teams notify the cardiac catherization lab at the hospital where the patient ...

Immediate coronary angiography for resuscitated cardiac arrest patients without signs of heart attack doesn't help, the COACT trial showed at the American College of Cardiology annual meeting in New ...