ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)

Working to Improve STEMI Care Around the Globe

09/03/2018

STEMI interventions have completely changed the global epidemiology. As a result of the amazing work by interventional cardiologists performing STEMI interventions, acute MI is no longer the biggest killer in the United States.

STEMI interventions have...

09/03/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

Is There a Right Way to do PCI for STEMI? Variations in the Step-by-Step Approach to STEMI Patients in the Cath Lab: Results from a Survey of SCAI Operators

04/30/2014

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

Is there a right or wrong way to do percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for a STEMI?

Is there a right or wrong way to...

04/30/2014

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

To PRAMI or not to PRAMI: Should we do PCI of the Non-Infarct-Related Artery in STEMI Patients?

01/07/2014

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Michael A. Kutcher , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

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

Habib Samady , MD;

Justin E. Davies , MBBS, MRCP, PhD;

Peter Ver Lee , MD;

John Bittl , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

My cardiology fellow said we should now stent the RCA since we were already here and the patient was quite stable. I demurred and said we will be back in a couple weeks unless the patient develops angina. The RCA could be treated after...

My cardiology fellow said we...

01/07/2014

Cath Lab Digest