Longer times from symptom onset to randomization equaled a smaller—or perhaps no—advantage for Impella vs standard care.

For patients with STEMI secondary to spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), primary PCI can produce mortality and 30-day readmission rates similar to what’s seen in those treated for ...

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) during the acute phase of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has repeatedly been shown to improve survival, with fewer in-hospital complications.

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

The presence of shock or respiratory failure did not prolong D2B times in patients using the Rampart system. The Rampart ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The increasing use of transradial access for PCI over time did not compromise door-to-balloon times in patients ...

ATLANTA, GA, (May 18, 2022) – New findings from the Ascension Health System’s internal National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) analyzing rates of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- For patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multivessel disease, there was no clinical benefit to a strategy of finding and treating all nonculprit ...

Although primary PCI is the preferred approach for the majority of patients if it can be performed by an experienced operator and within 90 minutes of time-to-balloon, access to such resources tends ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with STEMI who underwent PCI with an ultrathin bioresorbable polymer sirolimus-eluting stent, ...

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 ...