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  1. Is It Time to Rethink STEMI and NSTEMI Classification? - Medscape

    Feb 4, 2025 · The conventional classification of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) into ST-segment elevation (STEMI) and non-ST-segment elevation (NSTEMI) has long guided clinical decision …

  2. Does STEMI Need a Rebrand to ‘Occlusion MI’? - Medscape

    Dec 10, 2024 · A review paper prompted a discussion among cardiologists Bob Harrington, Manesh Patel, and Michael Gibson on whether the ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction paradigm …

  3. Novel Stent Promises to Reduce Long-Term Failure - Medscape

    These differences between 6 and 12 months were highly consistent across subgroups defined by age, sex, comorbidities, type of acute coronary syndrome (STEMI vs NSTEMI) and lesion characteristics ...

  4. Antithrombotic Therapy in ACS: From STEMI Presentation to Follow-up ...

    Email This IN THIS PROGRAM: Case Index Go to Test Questions » Presentation of ACS Case Presentation Fibrinolysis vs PCI Adjunctive Therapy Intervention

  5. New ESC ACS Guideline Combines STEMI and NSTE-ACS - Medscape

    Sep 8, 2023 · The guideline task force says STEMI and non-ST elevation ACS represent a spectrum, and after the initial triage and management decisions, most of the remaining care follows a common …

  6. Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin for Acute STEMI - Medscape

    It is divided into acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and acute non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), of which STEMI has the higher mortality rate. [1]

  7. Top Updates in 2025 ACS Management Guidelines - Medscape

    Jun 30, 2025 · Dr Amal Mattu breaks down the key updates — and lingering pitfalls — in the 2025 ACS guidelines that every acute care clinician should know.

  8. Optimal Aspirin Dose in Acute Coronary Syndromes - Page 5

    What the Guidelines for ACS Recommend Prior ACS guidelines recommended moderate-to-high dose aspirin (162–325 mg) for at least 1 month after ACS and stent implantation (Box 1). [27, 28] However ...

  9. MI–Atrial Fibrillation Link May Apply Most to NSTEMI ... - Medscape

    Apr 27, 2015 · The investigators write that the culprit artery is totally occluded by a thrombus in STEMI vs being "patent with a nonocclusive thrombus" in NSTEMI.

  10. RIVAL: Radial PCI benefits in STEMI - Medscape

    Oct 26, 2012 · Further analysis of the RIVAL trial has shown impressive reductions in key end points, including all-cause mortality, with the radial approach in patients with STEMI vs non-STEMI patients …