The American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology (ACC) have issued new performance and quality measures for the treatment of patients with STEMI and NSTEMI, abandoning some ...

Background Despite advances in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) management, contemporary data assessing long-term prognosis ...

Medical Management/Treatment Initial treatment for suspected STEMI and NSTEMI requires a loading dose of nonenteric coated ASA at 162 to 325 mg (unless contraindicated), nitroglycerin in response 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 with ...

(UPDATED) Patients presenting with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated early with PCI have a lower risk of rehospitalization and death at 30 days compared with patients treated in the ...

People have the right to be involved in discussions and make informed decisions about their care, as described in NICE's information on making decisions about your care. Making decisions using NICE ...

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 ...

(1) How was this issue identified? Starting in quarter 1 2007, we noticed the high rate of excess dosing for heparin on our ACTION site reports compared to national rates. (2) What did you do to ...