Cutting edge imaging, rapid PCI protocols, and patient centered follow up improving outcomes for acute coronary syndromes.

Cases exceeding the 90th percentile for dose, though infrequent, resulted in greater cumulative exposures for all cath lab ...

Intracoronary delivery of an injectable bioabsorbable alginate, known as the bioabsorbable cardiac matrix (BCM), does not decrease adverse left ventricular (LV) remodelling or cardiac events at 6 ...

Testing positive for recreational drugs at the time of admission with acute coronary syndrome was associated with increased risk for major adverse cardiovascular events in the following year, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Long-term follow-up from DANAMI-3-PRIMULTI shows reduction in events after complete revascularization vs.

A new study published in the journal of JACC Advances revealed that recreational drug use detected at the time of admission ...

A new study finds that patients who suffer a STEMI heart attack while hospitalized are 10 times more likely to die than patients who suffer a STEMI outside the hospital. If you suffer a heart attack ...

For patients with STEMI secondary to spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), primary PCI can produce mortality and 30-day readmission rates similar to what’s seen in those treated for ...

Operators safely shaved a few minutes off heart attack reperfusion times by taking patients straight to culprit lesion percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) when they arrived at the catheterization ...

Swapping out intravenous fentanyl in favor of IV acetaminophen in patients with ST-elevation MI (STEMI) provides comparable pain relief but with desirably higher blood levels of ticagrelor both ...

A new study published in the journal of PloS One showed that although reoperative therapy with evolocumab with rosuvastatin ...

I was involved in a malpractice case a couple of years ago as a consultant. The case involved an emergency physician who was being sued for failure to make a rapid diagnosis of an ST-segment elevation ...