For a young individual who arrives soon after the onset of symptoms from a large, anterior myocardial infarction, you probably don't have too many minutes for that transfer before you start to ...

Medical Focus: What’s a STEMI and how are they treated at Freeman ... medications or in the cardiac cath lab, with a focus on treatment within 90 minutes to limit damage to the heart muscle.

Poor performance on quality metrics carried greater risk of in-hospital mortality no matter where patients initially ...

The treatment of STEMI includes prompt revascularization and medical therapy. Revascularization can be performed by either primary PCI, fibrinolytic therapy (thrombolytic therapy) or surgically.

For STEMI patients who have undergone PCI with ... Nitrates may be useful in the management of post-MI anginal symptoms, hypertension and HF; however, no clinical data exist documenting a ...

Current data on the difference in long-term prognosis for patients with STEMI or NSTEMI after treatment are conflicting. Chan et al. sought to investigate the outcomes of cardiac catheterization ...

Jamestown Regional Medical Center has earned recognition for its commitment to cardiac care, receiving a one-year provisional ...