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

Research has linked higher levels of air pollution to the risk of acute myocardial infarctions, or heart attacks. How these ...

patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) have a higher risk of short-term mortality than patients with non-STEMI (NSTEMI), who have a higher risk of long-term mortality ...

A non-transmural myocardial infarction refers to a myocardial infarction that does not involve the full thickness of the myocardium. It was one believed that the development of Q waves indicated ...

For patients with either NSTEMI or STEMI, American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines recommend that intravenous unfractionated heparin (UFH) be dosed by weight ...

For patients with ACS undergoing DES implantation, de-escalating DAPT to P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy is associated with lower bleeding risk.

Most cases of STEMI (ST elevation MI) are treated with thrombolysis or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). NSTEMI (non-ST elevation MI) should be managed with medication, although PCI is ...

non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), and ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI): These are major changes since the last DAPT guideline, from 2016, which had only ...