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SUBMITTER: Kalra S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5880555 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jan-Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Kalra Sanjog S Bhatt Hemal H Kirtane Ajay J AJ
Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal 20180101 1
The treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has advanced dramatically over the past 30 years since the introduction of reperfusion therapies, such that mechanical reperfusion with primary percutaneous coronary intervention is now the standard of care. With STEMI, as with other forms of acute coronary syndrome, stent deployment in culprit lesions is the dominant form of reperfusion in the developed world and is supported by contemporary guidelines. However, the precise tim ...[more]