Acute myocardial infarction with or without ST-segment elevation (STEMI or non-STEMI) is a common cardiac emergency, with the potential for substantial morbidity and mortality. The management of ...

Identifying an acute myocardial infarction on the 12-lead ECG is the most important thing you can learn in ECG interpretation. Time is muscle when treating heart attacks. Missing a ST segment ...

(HealthDay)—Use of an automated electrocardiogram (ECG) to diagnose acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) activates the protocol for referral to the cardiac catheterization ...

Dallas, TX - Emergency department (ED) personnel failed to identify important, high-risk features on the electrocardiograms of about one in eight patients presenting with an acute MI in a ...

Of 1684 patients with acute MI presenting to the ED at five centers in California and Colorado, all members of health-maintenance organizations, about 12% had a high-risk ECG abnormality such as T ...

This frequently coincides with an inferior wall MI due to the shared blood supply. The ECG findings of an acute posterior wall MI include the following: ST segment depression (not elevation ...

Unrecognized MI Prevalent in Older Adults, Ups Mortality Use of an automated electrocardiogram (ECG) to diagnose acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) activates the protocol for ...

On initial hospital presentation, only about 50% of patients presenting with chest pain have an ECG diagnostic of acute MI. Of the remaining patients with non-diagnostic ECGs, the tracing may be ...