WASHINGTON, DC (updated) — One trial at the American College of Cardiology 2014 Scientific Sessions took heat like no other: the How Effective Are Antithrombotic Therapies in Primary PCI (HEAT-PPCI) ...

PARIS, France—Remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) does not offer any clinical outcome benefit among STEMI patients undergoing primary PCI, according to results of the CONDI-2/ERIC-PPCI study presented ...

SAN DIEGO, CA — Is informed consent necessary to randomize patients with ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI) into clinical trials? That was the question two experts grappled with this week at the Society ...

The HEAT-PPCI trial, published July 5, 2014, ahead of print in the Lancet, reports better efficacy and comparable safety with heparin than bivalirudin in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. Overall, bivalirudin compared with heparins is likely to reduce net adverse clinical events and/or major bleeding risk, although with no ...

The optimal reperfusion strategy for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction who are admitted to community hospitals without a catheterization laboratory is still a matter of debate.