The emergency department physician recommends immediate transfer to a hospital 1 hour away for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The pathogenesis of coronary atherosclerosis is ...

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 ...

Treatment with the direct thrombin inhibitor bivalirudin, as compared with heparin plus glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors, results in similar suppression of ischemia while reducing hemorrhagic ...

That was the question up for debate during the WorldLink Forum at TCT 2023, with Rod Stables, MD (Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, England), arguing that primary PCI should remain the gold standard ...

Springfield, IL- A program of interhospital transfer of STEMI patients for primary PCI can be successful in a rural environment, a new study shows [1]. "Since we initiated this program we have ...

Patients experiencing an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who receive primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) within 2 hours of alerting the medical system are less likely ...

Acting quickly during a heart attack, especially during the "golden hour" period, can improve treatment outcomes, says AIIMS ...

Half-dose tenecteplase (TNKase) produced ECG changes that were at least comparable to those after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in a cohort presenting within 3 hours of STEMI ...

Patients undergoing primary PCI for an ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) were more likely to achieve a needle-to-balloon time of 10 minutes or less if operators started with PCI using a ...

“Primary PCI during the index hospitalization for STEMI in nonagenarians is associated with slightly higher 30‐day readmissions but significantly lower rates of recurrent MI and mortality ...

Back to Healio The use of bivalirudin is associated with a significantly reduced 30-day risk for major bleeding after primary PCI, but it confers an increased risk for acute stent thrombosis ...

The authors write that their "findings suggest that many patients may have benefitted from fibrinolytic therapy at the transferring hospital rather than from transfer for primary PCI." An ...