In-hospital mortality was significantly higher for younger women vs. younger men after a first heart attack, with women ...

The MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton, Maryland, hosted a special Heart Month luncheon earlier this year, ...

HealthDay News — Among young adults, first ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in-hospital mortality increased from 2011 to 2022, according to a study published online February 26 in ...

• The incidence of no-reflow was significantly higher in the thrombectomy group (1.4% vs 0.2%), which researchers attributed ...

Heart attack death rates rose by 1.2% among adults younger than age 55 who were hospitalized between 2011 and 2022 with a first severe heart attack, according to a February study published in the ...

Mineralocorticoid-receptor antagonists (MRAs) have been shown to reduce adverse cardiovascular outcomes in high-risk patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Preliminary data ...

The most serious form of the acute coronary syndrome, ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, or STEMI, most often results from complete thrombotic occlusion of a major epicardial coronary artery.

Adequate platelet inhibition early in the course of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention is essential to reduce stent thrombosis and ...

A Cleveland Clinic protocol designed to improve STEMI care processes for all patients also has the benefit of mitigating the suboptimal care and outcomes seen in women, a new analysis shows. After ...

A new study finds that patients who suffer a STEMI heart attack while hospitalized are 10 times more likely to die than patients who suffer a STEMI outside the hospital. If you suffer a heart attack ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—The incidence of stroke in patients with STEMI and cardiogenic shock increased over a recent 10-year period in the United States, according to new retrospective data reported here at ...