Technically, the diagnosis of an anterior myocardial infarction on an ECG has never been validated in the setting of a paced rhythm, however that was the case in this ECG. There was acute ...

Ventricular paced rhythm was detected on 12-lead ECG ... the ECG findings corresponded to STEMI equivalent of the anterior wall. As expected, an occlusion of the middle segment of the left ...

The heart rate and BP may be elevated due to increased sympathetic tone, or the BP can be low due to reduced cardiac output (cardiogenic shock), depending on the extent of the STEMI. An S4 heart ...

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 ...

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 ...

Beta-blockers are widely used medications that help manage high blood pressure by reducing the heart rate and relaxing blood ...

In the DRIVE-STEMI study, the risk of death was less than 5% in the first year after hospital discharge, with low risks of other events such as cardiac arrest, syncope, stroke, MI, and hospitalization ...