In 1990, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) produced their first guideline for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI). This ...
For the management of ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI), international guidelines recommend primary percutaneous coronary intervention with adjunctive antithrombotic therapy, ...
It’s a known problem, but treatment hasn’t improved in 20 years. Experts say it’s time for protocolized systems of care, they ...
Peter Bogaty and colleagues,1 in their review of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association STEMI guidelines from a Canadian perspective, recommend transfer of STEMI patients with ...
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Competing interests: None declared for Drs. Bogaty and O'Neill. Dr. Armstrong has received research funding from Hoffmann–La Roche, Aventis and Boehringer Ingelheim, and educational and consultant ...