2007 Focused Update to the ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Implications for Emergency Department Practice - 21/08/11
, Elliott M. Antman, MD b, Judd E. Hollander, MD c
Address for correspondence: Charles V. Pollack, Jr, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital, 800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107; 215-829-3264, fax 215-829-8044Résumé |
The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association have issued a “focused update” of their 2004 guidelines for the management of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Several of the issues addressed involve new data and new recommendations on treatment decisions that may be made in the emergency department. In this review, we present the new recommendations that are pertinent to emergency medicine practice and comment on their potential implementation into an evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach to the timely care of the STEMI patient.
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| Supervising editor: Donald M. Yealy, MD |
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| Dr. Yealy was the supervising editor on this article. Dr. Hollander did not participate in the editorial review or decision to publish this article. |
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| Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. The authors have disclosed their potential conflicts of interest in Appendix E1, available at www.annemergmed.com. |
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| Publication dates: Available online June 2, 2008. |
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| Reprints not available from authors. |
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