A key player recalls the effort that went into a life-saving campaign. In a session dedicated to the history of STEMI treatment, insider Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM, of Yale University School of ...

"The ER doctor ordered the heart cath, so I just went ahead and did it. Besides, if I didn't do the cath it would make our door-to-balloon-time quality score go down." I was four miles from home on a ...

The translation and implementation of evidence-based medicine into clinical practice is under increasing scrutiny by clinicians and healthcare stakeholders. Clearly, everyone would agree that to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “We found that the total time to reperfusion was strongly related to infarct size and clinical outcomes, whereas ...

Prompt treatment of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) can increase the probability of survival. A cross-sectional survey of acute-care hospitals in the US has identified ...