PARIS, France—Among patients with acute MI and occlusive disease on invasive angiography, those presenting without ST-segment elevation on the initial ECG fare worse than those with STEMI, researchers ...

Background Prehospital delays remain critical barriers to timely acute coronary syndrome (ACS) care, particularly for ...

Medical Management/Treatment Initial treatment for suspected STEMI and NSTEMI requires a loading dose of nonenteric coated ASA at 162 to 325 mg (unless contraindicated), nitroglycerin in response to ...

All patients with acute coronary syndromes, except those who present with or develop cardiogenic shock, should be offered complete revascularization for the treatment of multivessel disease, either ...

The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association today released an updated clinical practice guideline for managing individuals experiencing acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The ...

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in younger patients presents distinctive epidemiological and clinical patterns when compared with older cohorts. Although traditionally viewed as a disease of older ...

Lower risk for bleeding without increase in ischemic events seen for patients with acute coronary syndrome. HealthDay News — For patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing drug-eluting ...

Istanbul, Turkey – 20 October 2012: Coronary angioplasty improves survival in all patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest, according to research presented at the Acute Cardiac Care Congress 2012.

Patients who received an implantable heart rhythm monitor after suffering a heart attack did not have fewer subsequent cardiovascular events overall, but a subset of patients whose heart attack was ...

A recent opinion paper concluded that timely revascularization and dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) are crucial in the ...

Electrocardiography is performed in the emergency department to test for myocardial infarction. Image courtesy of Harrington et al. A 56-year-old woman presents to a rural emergency department with ...