Time is of the essence for STEMI patients undergoing multivessel PCI, a new meta-analysis suggests. In select patients, treating the culprit and nonculprit lesions all at once—at the time of the index ...

AMSTERDAM -- When it comes to timing the complete revascularization for heart attack patients with multivessel disease, treating multiple vessels in one session in the catheterization lab proved ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.—Collecting an accurate medical history can predict adherence to dual antiplatelet therapy, and could therefore inform decisions regarding BMS vs. DES use in patients with STEMI, ...

Noninferiority was not demonstrated between immediate and staged complete revascularisation in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multivessel disease undergoing ...

Hudson Regional Hospital announced Jan. 9 that its Cardiac Catheterization Lab earned New State Department of Health approval for a diagnostic tool used to identify and treat patients with chest pain.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with STEMI and multivessel disease who underwent a single-procedure multivessel PCI had improved ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Holding off stent implantation for several days after patients have undergone thrombectomy, balloon angioplasty, or both to open STEMI-related arteries may be safe and beneficial, ...

May 23, 2011 (Paris, France) — Use of radial PCI in the treatment of STEMI patients in Sweden is associated with a 22% reduction in mortality and lower rates of bleeding and rehospitalizations, a new ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “We found that the total time to reperfusion was strongly related to infarct size and clinical outcomes, whereas ...

Using a microaxial flow pump prior to and during cardiac stenting procedures for patients with severe heart attacks who don't have cardiogenic shock does not significantly reduce heart damage. That is ...