Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ATLANTA — The monthly rate of PCI for STEMI dropped steadily at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and has yet ...

A new study from Denmark conducted over a 16-year period shows a 30% reduction in the 1-year mortality rate following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial ...

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

For most patients with multivessel disease undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), a strategy of staged PCI—revascularization of the infarct-related vessel followed by deferred ...

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 ...

(HealthDay News) – Patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who are taken directly to a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)-capable hospital, even if they have to bypass a ...

Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is the standard of care for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), when performed by experienced groups in a timely manner. Although ...

In patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in whom percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) cannot be performed within 90 min, thrombolysis is the most common initial ...