A study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine highlights a new approach in addressing conductive ...

In patients with acute heart failure, it is unclear how body mass index affects clinical outcomes following acute myocardial infarction.

Research has linked higher levels of air pollution to the risk of acute myocardial infarctions, or heart attacks. How these ...

In recent years, the rate of cardiovascular mortality following high-risk myocardial infarction has significantly declined.

For patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, de-escalating dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) to P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy is associated with lower ...

TNKase ® (tenecteplase) is the first stroke medicine approved by the FDA in nearly 30 years – – Single five-second intravenous bolus provides faster and simpler administr ...

The following is a summary of "Low-dose dobutamine stress myocardial contrast echocardiography for evaluating myocardial ...

In addition to the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association, the guideline was written in collaboration with and endorsed by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP ...

For patients with either NSTEMI or STEMI, American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines recommend that intravenous unfractionated heparin (UFH) be dosed by weight ...

Interv Cardiol. 2012;4(3):249-252. Restenosis and the need for repeat revascularization were never concerns for patients with STEMI who were treated with BMS. The STEMI lesions were usually ...

Individual patient data were obtained from three trials, including 9130 randomized patients with ACS: 3132 with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI); 3023 with non-STEMI (NSTEMI ...