Initial medical management of STEMI consists of relief of ischemic pain with nitrates and morphine, antithrombotic measures including antiplatelet agents (aspirin, thienopyridines and glycoprotein ...

According to HRH, the new STEMI (ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction) procedure allows physicians to treat heart attack patients as soon as they arrive at the facility and avoids having to ...

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 ...

Following cardiac catheterization, patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) have a higher risk of short-term mortality than patients with non-STEMI (NSTEMI), who have a ...

There are conditions that mimic STEMI, and distinguishing these can be difficult; these are described in Diagnosis. Tissue factor, a key protein component of the clotting cascade, is located ...

It is used throughout the hospital for NSTEMI and STEMI patients. It has been in place for a while, so we started there. Our heparin standing order form calls for an initial dose of 80 U/kg IV ...