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 ...

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) during the acute phase of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has repeatedly been shown to improve survival, with fewer in-hospital complications.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands—For hemodynamically stable patients with STEMI and multivessel coronary artery disease, those who receive immediate complete revascularization fare just as well as those who ...

Multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) made modest inroads over the past decade in the United States, a national registry ...

ATLANTA, GA, (May 18, 2022) – New findings from the Ascension Health System’s internal National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) analyzing rates of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ...

CHICAGO -- Periprocedural anticoagulation with bivalirudin (Angiomax) for a radial-first approach to primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) improved mortality and bleeding risk compared with ...

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 ...

Coronary no-reflow phenomenon (NRP), a common adverse complication in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SCAI has released a consensus statement on management of the technical aspects of PCI for patients with STEMI.

SAN FRANCISCO -- For patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multivessel disease, there was no clinical benefit to a strategy of finding and treating all nonculprit ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “In patients with STEMI, early initiation of high-intensity statin therapy, regardless of baseline LDL, is ...

Background The limited literature provides minimal information on clinical outcomes among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) under different healthcare funding systems, ...