Advances in the treatment of coronary artery disease remained steady in 2025, as in recent years, but the past 12 months also ...

Many fewer Americans are falling prey to the most dangerous form of heart attack, a new study says. STEMI (ST‐segment-elevation myocardial infarction) heart attacks have declined by nearly 50% during ...

The prospective data indicate that clinicians should be aggressive with lipid-lowering therapies in these patients, experts say.

Durham, NC - An initial dose of 162-mg aspirin may be as effective as and perhaps safer than 325 mg for the acute treatment of ST-elevation MI (STEMI), a new study suggests [1]. The study, published ...

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A new study finds that patients who suffer a STEMI heart attack while hospitalized are 10 times more likely to die than patients who suffer a STEMI outside the hospital. If you suffer a heart attack ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) remains highly prevalent in the Indian population, with Indians facing a three-four times ...

A STEMI is generally defined as an Electrocardiogram (EKG) with ST elevation of greater than 1 mm in 2 or more contiguous leads. It has also been defined as a "new" Left Bundle Branch Block (LBBB) in ...

Lead augmented vector right (aVR) is a useful measure in the diagnosis of ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI), indicates a new analysis of data from the HERO-2 trial. “Lead aVR is ...

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 ...

The acute coronary syndromes include unstable angina, non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction and ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. The terms “transmural,” “non-transmural,” “Q wave ...

ST-segment elevation on the EKG in COVID-19 patients was especially complex and had poor prognosis in a small case series from New York City hospitals. Confirmed COVID-19 was complicated by ST-segment ...