[Comparison between European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines for initial management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)]

E Puymirat; G Ducrocq

doi:10.1016/j.ancard.2013.06.002

[Comparison between European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines for initial management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)]

Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 2013 Aug;62(4):265-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ancard.2013.06.002. Epub 2013 Jul 5.

[Article in French]

Authors

E Puymirat¹, G Ducrocq

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France; Université Paris-Descartes, 75006 Paris, France; Inserm U-970, 75015 Paris, France. Electronic address: etiennepuymirat@yahoo.fr.

PMID: 23916786
DOI: 10.1016/j.ancard.2013.06.002

Abstract

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) have recently updated guidelines for management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The aim of this study is to compare the both recommendations.

Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; Guidelines; Infarctus du myocarde; Recommandations; ST-elevation myocardial infarction; Syndrome coronarien aigu.

Publication types

Comparative Study
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Angioplasty*
Electrocardiography
European Union
Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
Heart Conduction System / physiopathology*
Humans
Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Treatment Outcome
United States

Substances

Fibrinolytic Agents