TCTMD

Many STEMI Patients With COVID-19 Have No Obstructed Arteries

STEMI patients who are found to be COVID-19-positive frequently do not have obstructed arteries identified during coronary angiography, according to a case series from the Lombardy region of Italy, ...
TCTMD

Mortality Lower When STEMI Patients Sent to the ICU, but Why?

A new analysis of Medicare data raises additional questions about which patients with STEMI require management within an intensive care unit (ICU), a practice currently used for most such patients in ...
Healio

COVID-19 diagnosis in patients with STEMI tied to elevated in-hospital mortality

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a cohort of patients with STEMI, a COVID-19 diagnosis significantly increased the rates of in-hospital ...
News Medical

Study reveals trends in clinical characteristics and outcomes of STEMI patients with COVID-19

A newly published analysis in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology of hospitalized patients with both a severe type of heart attack called STEMI (ST-elevation myocardial infarction) and ...
clinicaladvisor.com

Management of NSTEMI/STEMI in Patients With COVID-19

For patients with COVID-19 and STEMI, percutaneous coronary intervention remains the treatment of choice. For patients with COVID-19 and NSTEMI, conservative therapy is reasonable in hemodynamically ...
Medscape

NACMI: Clear Benefit With PCI in STEMI COVID-19 Patients

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Patients with COVID-19 who present with ST-segment elevation MI represent a unique, high-risk ...
MedPage Today

Culprit Lesion PCI Before Diagnostic Angiography for Faster STEMI Reperfusion

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 ...
News Medical

Complete revascularization proves effective for older STEMI patients in first 4 years

The benefits of complete revascularization over culprit-only coronary artery revascularisation were confirmed in older patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multivessel ...
Business Wire

First Patient Enrolls in STEMI DTU Randomized Controlled FDA Trial; Study Aims to Further Demonstrate Impella’s Safety and Effectiveness

The STEMI DTU RCT plans to enroll 668 patients undergoing treatment for a STEMI heart attack at up to 60 sites. The study will have two arms. Half the patients will be randomized to receive 30 minutes ...
EurekAlert!

Should STEMI patients recover in the ICU?

A trip to an intensive care unit can be more than twice as costly as a stay in a non-ICU hospital room, but a new study finds intensive care is still the right option for some vulnerable patients ...
Healio

Mortality rates decline for patients with non-STEMI, remain stable in STEMI

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risk factors for patients with acute MI have changed modestly as treatment has improved, with mortality rates ...