ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)

This large-scale analysis sought to compare interrupted and uninterrupted OAC therapy in patients taking OAC undergoing unplanned coronary angiography or PCI for suspected acute coronary syndrome.

Consult this Twitter case from Ricardo Sanz: an 80-year-old man presenting with inferior STEMI, primary PCI being complicated by the presence of a giant coronary aneurysm in the RCA that hindered the advancement of wires and material towards a small and hidden entry point. Creative off-label...

This is the first prospective natural history study to evaluate the utility of comprehensive intravascular imaging with both IVUS and NIRS in predicting future adverse events following acute myocardial infarction.

A 44-year-old man, smoker, overweight, recently declared healed from COVID-19, was admitted to our institution for acute myocardial infarction with inferior ST-Segment elevation...

A 47-year-old man presented with witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest at his wedding and anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Initial blood pressure was 90/60 mmHg with pulse of 115 beats/minute...

A 47-year-old woman without previous medical history was admitted for chest pain with ST-segment elevation in the inferolateral leads. Echocardiography showed inferior and infero-lateral wall hypokinesia with preserved global left ventricular function...

View the replay of this interactive cases discussion between J. Escaned, D. Enriquez and O. Wendler of a 54-year-old male with inter scapular pain and syncope.

Flavio Ribichini and Thomas Cuisset discuss a case of a COVID(+) patient with STEMI and prior PCI presented by Alejandro Ricalde.

A 60-year-old woman with a history of cardiac arrest associated with MINOCA (myocardial infarction with no coronary artery disease) event in the territory of the left main artery, underwent coronary angiography for recurrent episodes of chest pain leading to 4 hospitalizations in the last 2 years...

Interventional Cardiologists A. Baumbach, UK, G. Stefanini, Italy, and C. Kyriakakis, South Africa, discuss the use of thrombolysis as an alternative option for STEMI..