A non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, also called an NSTEMI or a non-STEMI, is a type of heart attack. While it's often less damaging to your heart than a STEMI, it's still a serious ...

NSTEMI stands for non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, which is a type of heart attack. Compared to the more common type of heart attack known as STEMI, an NSTEMI is typically less damaging ...

Prehospital delays to treatment can increase the mortality rate of NSTEMI patients up to 3 years later, according to new Korean data. While much emphasis has been placed on patient education aiming to ...

The conventional classification of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) into ST-segment elevation (STEMI) and non-ST-segment elevation (NSTEMI) has long guided clinical decision-making. However, emerging ...

Among patients presenting to the hospital with NSTEMI, an early invasive strategy based on symptom-to-catheter time is associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality at 3 years, according to new ...

The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) risk score is less accurate at predicting in-hospital mortality for ethnic minorities with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), ...

Electrocardiography is performed in the emergency department to test for myocardial infarction. Image courtesy of Harrington et al. A 56-year-old woman presents to a rural emergency department with ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is not only a known risk factor for stroke and heart failure, but is also associated with an increased risk of incident myocardial infarction (MI). This finding, published in ...

An invasive strategy vs. optimal medical therapy alone after a non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) in older adults did not affect the combined risk of cardiovascular death or MI, although ...

Adults with non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) or unstable angina who have an intermediate or higher risk of future adverse cardiovascular events who are having coronary ...

The comparative efficacy of various anticoagulation strategies has not been clearly established in patients with acute myocardial infarction who are undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) ...