Longer follow-up from the TATORT-NSTEMI trial testing thrombus aspiration in NSTEMI confirms the study’s primary 6-month results—there is no benefit to performing thrombus aspiration prior to PCI in ...

The direct thrombin inhibitor bivalirudin is superior to heparin plus a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor (GPI) at reducing bleeding in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction ...

An analysis of NSTEMI patients who undergo coronary revascularization within 24 hours of hospitalization showed an increased reduction in mortality, marking the first time this difference has been ...

LEIPZIG, GERMANY — The routine addition of aspiration thrombectomy before PCI does not improve clinical outcomes at 12 months in patients with non-ST-elevation MI (NSTEMI), according to a randomized ...

November 11, 2010 (Rochester, Minnesota) — Non-ST-segment-elevation-MI (NSTEMI) patients take too long to get to the hospital once they experience their first symptoms, according to the results of a ...

According to a new study, aspirating blood clots does not significantly reduce microvascular obstruction or reduce the risk of death in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), ...

Sophia Antipolis, 19 Nov. 2015: Thrombus aspiration before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) does not improve 12-month clinical outcomes in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction ...

Ticagrelor (Brilinta, AstraZeneca) gains equal standing with prasugrel (Effient, Lilly) and clopdiogrel in the newly released focused update of the ACCF/AHA guidelines for unstable angina and ...

How are Non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients currently identified? ACS is currently identified through the use of ECGs pre-hospital and ...

Electrocardiography is performed in the emergency department to test for myocardial infarction. Image courtesy of Harrington et al. A 56-year-old woman presents to a rural emergency department with ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is not only a known risk factor for stroke and heart failure, but is also associated with an increased risk of incident myocardial infarction (MI). This finding, published in ...

An analysis of NSTEMI patients who undergo coronary revascularization within 24 hours of hospitalization showed an increased reduction in mortality, marking the first time this difference has been ...