ZWOLLE, THE NETHERLANDS — Prolonged time from first medical contact to reperfusion therapy ("system delay") may affect both short- and long-term mortality—but only in patients who had an anterior vs ...

This ECG demonstrates an "extensive anterior" and "tombstoning" of the ST segment seen during a large acute anterior myocardial infarction. This is usually the result of thrombosis of the left ...

This ECG demonstrates an “extensive anterior” and “tombstoning” of the ST segment seen during a large acute anterior myocardial infarction. This is usually the result of thrombosis of the left ...

Note: ECG = electrocardiography, LAD = left anterior descending artery, STEMI = ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. These cases raise several questions: Are these true syndromes or simply ECG ...

I was involved in a malpractice case a couple of years ago as a consultant. The case involved an emergency physician who was being sued for failure to make a rapid diagnosis of an ST-segment elevation ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that mines ECG data and alerts the primary PCI team to activate the cath lab can reduce STEMI patients’ arrival times by as much as 10 minutes, according to ...

Sooner was not better when using ECG to determine candidates for urgent coronary angiography after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), according to the PEACE study from Europe. The earlier the ECG ...

Lead augmented vector right (aVR) is a useful measure in the diagnosis of ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI), indicates a new analysis of data from the HERO-2 trial. “Lead aVR is ...

Powerful Medical, a leader in AI-driven cardiovascular diagnostics, announces that its PMcardio STEMI AI ECG model has been granted Breakthrough Device Designation by the US Food and Drug ...

Using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze electrocardiograms (ECG) improved detection of severe heart attacks, including those that presented with unconventional symptoms, or atypical ECG patterns ...