Interventional cardiology has revolutionized the approach to cardiovascular diseases, particularly in the management of acute coronary syndromes, such as ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI).

Heparin started in the ambulance or emergency department (ED) makes it more likely a patient with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) will present to the cath lab without a ...

Prehospital activation of the cardiac cath lab not only has a positive impact on performance measures, but also significantly improves both short- and long-term survival, according to new data from ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An AI-enabled ECG identified patients with STEMI, the worst kind of heart ...

The heparin frequently given before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) should be pushed to as early as possible in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), according to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Not all centers have catheterization laboratories to treat patients with STEMI, so those centers need to have a ...

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 ...

April 22, 2009 (Los Angeles, California) — More evidence that a coordinated regional approach to the treatment of STEMI patients, with prehospital triage and cath-lab activation, leads to a consistent ...

A small percentage of coronary interventions contribute disproportionately to the cumulative radiation exposure of operators and other cath lab staff, new data suggest. Those excessive ...

Local health systems are investing heavily in cardiac catheterization laboratories as heart failures are expected to balloon in the coming years. According to the American Heart Association, as of ...

In March, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston became one of ten hospitals awarded accreditation as a Mission: Lifeline Heart Attack Referring/Receiving Center by the American Heart Association ...

INSIDE. WE’RE BUSY EVERY DAY. I MEAN, I’VE GOT FIVE CASES TODAY. WE’VE DONE SIX IN THE LAST THREE DAYS, JUST FROM THE EMERGENCY ROOM. BUSY IS A GOOD THING FOR DOCTOR HOLBROOK. HE’S CHIEF OF SURGERY AT ...