STEMI

Still With Us: Treating ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Remains an Urgent Focus. Finding Hope in the Rise of Telemedicine and AI

01/01/2020

Sameer K. Mehta , MD, FACC, MBA;

The time to telemedicine diagnosis from a center located hundreds of miles away from the originating patient is now 3.5 minutes.

The time to telemedicine...

01/01/2020

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Clinical and Industry News

TherOx Receives FDA Approval for First Heart Attack Treatment Since PCI to Reduce Infarct Size

06/07/2019

TherOx, Inc., a privately held medical device company focused on improving treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted premarket approval for its SuperSaturated Oxygen...

TherOx, Inc., a privately held...

06/07/2019

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Artificial Intelligence: Refining STEMI Interventions

05/02/2019

Francisco Nola , MD;

Benjamin Wood , MD;

Carlos Villagran , MSc;

Sameer K. Mehta , MD, FACC, MBA;

Sebastian Niklitschek , PhD;

Isabella Vallenilla , MD;

Maria Angelica Marin , MD;

Roberto Botelho , MD;

Mariana Rubini Ceschim , MD;

Francisco Fernández-Aviles , MD, PhD, MBA;

Anibal Munguia , MD;

Estefania Cecilio , MD;

Samantha Quintero , MD;

Lorena Pisana , MD;

Maria Isabel Acosta , MD;

Rodrigo Safie , MD;

Claudia Lopez , MD;

Seyna Krisciunas , MD;

Gladys Pinto , MD;

Rodrigo Jacobucci , MD;

Daniel Vieira , MD;

Camila Funatsu , MD;

Mario Alberto Torres , MD;

Carlos Peña , MD;

Alejandra Frauenfelder , MD;

Jose Salvador Aguilar , MD;

Jorge Mazzini , MD;

AI can be incorporated into the various specific components of both the STEMI process and the procedure. It can foster large efficiency gains by simplifying each of the various components, be that at the individual patient, paramedic, ED, or...

AI can be incorporated into the...

05/02/2019

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Clinical Images

Thrombolysis: A Useful Tool in the Primary PCI Cupboard

07/25/2017

Konstantin Schwarz , MD, MRCP, PhD;

Deepak Goyal , MBBS, MRCP, MD;

Helen Routledge , MBChB, FRCP, MD;

Our image demonstrates the rarely utilized niche role for intracoronary thrombolysis in STEMI treatment in the modern angioplasty era.

Our image demonstrates the...

07/25/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Heparin Versus Bivalirudin in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A SCAI-Based National Survey From US Interventional Cardiologists

09/01/2016

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Sadip Pant , MD;

Ambarish Pandey , MD;

Harsh Golwala , MD;

Glenn A. Hirsch , MD, MHS;

Michael P. Flaherty , MD, PhD;

This survey was conducted to better understand current United States (US) practices in terms of preferences regarding the selection of antithrombotic therapy in STEMI-PPCI, particularly in light of recent clinical trials.

This survey was conducted to...

09/01/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Letters to the Editor

Prehospital Clopidogrel Administration in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated With Primary PCI: Real-Life Experience From the Multicenter NRDES Registry

05/27/2016

Tomasz Rakowski , MD, PhD;

Zbigniew Siudak , MD, PhD;

Dariusz Dudek , MD, PhD, FESC;

Agata Sawina , MD;

Artur Dziewierz , MD, PhD;

We sought to compare outcomes of STEMI patients from the National Registry of Drug-Eluting Stents (NRDES) stratified by time of clopidogrel loading dose administration.

We sought to compare outcomes of...

05/27/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Correlation Between Markers of Reperfusion and Mortality in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review

10/27/2014

Sudhakar Sattur , MD, MHSA;

Bilal Sarwar , MD;

Terrence J. Sacchi , MD;

Sorin J. Brener , MD;

Early reperfusion improves STEMI outcomes. Reperfusion can be assessed using angiographic (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction flow grade or myocardial blush grade) or electrocardiographic markers (ST-segment recovery). Our aim was to...

Early reperfusion improves STEMI...

10/27/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Coronary Intervention on a Moving Target: A Case Report and Procedural Considerations

07/31/2013

Ali Ali , MBBS, MRCP;

Sandeep S. Hothi , MA, PhD, MB, MRCP;

Dominic Cox , BSc(Hons), MBChB, MRCP;

A case of successful coronary angiography and primary PCI during ongoing VF supported by mechanical chest compressions following out of hospital STEMI and VF cardiac arrest is reported. It illustrates four novel findings permitted by the use...

A case of successful coronary...

07/31/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Is This a True STEMI ECG? Typical and Atypical Findings

05/02/2013

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

We recently had a very unusual “STEMI” patient. His presentation, ECG and cath results demonstrated one end of the patient spectrum that the cath lab call team may encounter.

We recently had a very unusual...

05/02/2013

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