February is Heart Health Awareness Month, and it is an opportune time to shed light on a critical issue that can affect rural communities like Humboldt County — the urgent need for STEMI (ST-Elevation ...

Some clinicians say that testing for occlusion myocardial infarction (OMI) instead might be a better tool for making that determination. “We think we should get rid of the term ST-elevation MI, ...

STEMI patients who develop in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) face far worse survival than those who don’t have the condition, but new observational data from China suggest several steps that might ...

Therapy initiated within national treatment-time goals set a decade ago for patients with ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) remains associated with improved survival in recent years.

When it comes to delivering timely treatment for patients experiencing myocardial infarction (MI), many hospitals are continuing to fall short of national guidelines, new research showed. Benchmarks ...

myocardial infarction, heart attack Even patients with advanced CKD or receiving dialysis appear to benefit from guideline-directed STEMI therapies, according to a retrospective study. Patients with ...