"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 ...

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 ...

Dr. Morton Kern has engaged his colleagues in 'conversations in cardiology' brief, informal dialogue on relevant topics in interventional cardiology. With permission from Dr. Kern and his colleagues, ...

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 ...

Guidelines recommend that patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) receive emergency percutaneous coronary intervention within 90 min, yet treatment within this timeframe is ...