Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH)

Scalable regionalised quality improvement model for ACS management in resource-limited primary healthcare facilities

Background Prehospital delays remain critical barriers to timely acute coronary syndrome (ACS) care, particularly for ...
TCTMD

What Counts as a PCI Complication? That Can Be Hard to Pin Down

Interventional cardiologists say some cases that coders flag and submit to the NCDR aren’t in fact problematic.
American College of Cardiology

Older Patients With NSTEMI Randomized Interventional Treatment: SENIOR-RITA Trial

The goal of the SENIOR RITA trial was to evaluate routine invasive therapy compared with conservative therapy among older patients with non–ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Additionally, the trial ...
American College of Cardiology

New in Clinical Guidance | ACC/AHA ACS Guideline, More

A new clinical guideline released by the ACC and the American Heart Association (AHA) includes new evidence and updated recommendations for managing patients with an ...
BMJ

Intensive low-density lipoprotein cholesterol lowering in cardiovascular disease prevention: opportunities and challenges

Elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) are associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease and stroke. Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemia from the European ...
BMJ

Point-of-care troponin tests to rule out acute myocardial infarction in the prehospital environment: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

12 King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Background Chest pain is a major cause of emergency ambulance calls, often linked to acute myocardial infarction (AMI), a ...