Medical Management/Treatment Initial treatment for suspected STEMI and NSTEMI requires a loading dose of nonenteric coated ASA at 162 to 325 mg (unless contraindicated), nitroglycerin in response to ...

Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) represents a significant clinical entity within the spectrum of acute ...

The conventional classification of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) into ST-segment elevation (STEMI) and non-ST-segment elevation (NSTEMI) has long guided clinical decision-making. However, emerging ...

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 ...

Women are more likely than men to develop heart failure (HF) both during and after STEMI and are also more likely to die, according to a large Canadian study. The increased risk was not seen among ...

The benefit of fractional flow reserve (FFR)–guided complete revascularization in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multivessel coronary artery disease remains ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Despite overall improvements to care for a heart attack, women are less likely to receive timely treatment, according to a new study in Annals of Emergency Medicine. “Heart attack ...

DENVER — Patients with inflammatory bowel disease and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction had higher mortality, hospital stays and hospital charges than patients with IBD alone, noted a presenter ...

Despite overall improvements to care for a heart attack, women are less likely to receive timely treatment, according to a new study in Annals of Emergency Medicine. Heart attack treatments have come ...

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 ...