Background: In patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the preferred reperfusion therapy. Timely primary PCI is essential in improving the clinical outcomes of these patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the factors affecting balloon delay in STEMI treated patients by primary PCI and its relationship with ma...

The principal clinical syndromes that result are acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, acute ischemic stroke, acute peripheral arterial occlusion, and occlusion of indwelling catheters. Of these, AMI accounts for maximum number of morbidity and mortality. Over the last century, thrombolytic therapy has gained prominence in the management of ...

Correspondence to Dr Jacqueline L Green; [email protected] Direct emergency medical services (EMS) transport of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) to a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)-capable hospital is emerging as an effective strategy to improve care and reduce costs. This approach has been shown to improve mortality, decrease time to reperfusion, and reduce o...

T he past several decades have been marked by dramatic advances in the management of patients with an acute decompensation of ischemic heart disease. A now common phrase in our clinical lexicon is acute coronary syndrome, which is further subdivided into presentations with and without ST-segment elevation on the ECG, thus dividing acute coronary syndrome presentations into ST-segment elevation ...

BACKGROUND Circulating miRNAs can function as biomarkers for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases. However, it is unclear whether miRNAs can be used as biomarkers for acute coronary syndrome (ACS). To this end, we applied gene chip technology to analyze miRNA expression in patients with stable angina (SA), non-ST elevation ACS (NSTE-ACS), and ST-segment elevation myocardial infarcti...

Abstract Background Our experience in creating innovative Artificial Intelligence-guided single lead EKG methodologies for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) detection within complex records has been previously validated. Purpose By expanding the intricate variables of our tested algorithm input, we seek to further improve STEMI detecting tool. Methods 11,567 12-lead (10-s length, 500 H...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS This study is to compare the short-term and long-term mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 266 STEMI patients and 140 NSTE-ACS patients received PCI. Patients were followed up by telephone or...

BACKGROUND The preventive role of acute occurring of collateral circulation (AOCC) to infarct related artery (IRA) in patients presenting with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is well known. Therefore, we aimed to investigate whether there is an association between admission plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D3) levels and grade of collateralization in patients with STEM...