Table of Contents
List of Contributors ix
Preface xiii
Part I Guidelines, Thrombolytic Therapy, Pharmacology 1
1 Compendium of STEMI Clinical Trials 3Juanita Gonzalez Arango MD, Miguel Vega Arango MD, Estefania Calle Botero MD, Isaac Yepes Moreno MD, Maria Botero Urrea MD, Alicia Henao Velasquez MD, Daniel Rodriguez MD, Daniela Parra Dunoyer MD, Maria Teresa Bedoya Reina MD, Sameer Mehta MD
2 European Society of Cardiology and American College of Cardiology STEMI Guidelines 35Estefania Oliveros MD, Sameer Mehta MD FACC, Alexandra Ferré MD, Tracy Zhang BS, Michael Schweitzer MD, Miguel Vega Arango MD, Juanita Gonzalez Arango MD, Maria Botero Urrea MD, Maria Teresa Bedoya Reina MD, Isaac Yepes MD
3 The Role of Thrombolytic Therapy in the Era of STEMI Interventions 55Nestor Mercado MD, Theodore L. Schreiber MD, Cindy L. Grines MD
4 Anticoagulants in STEMI Interventions 65Vincenzo Vizzi MD, Thomas W. Johnson BSc MBBS MD FRCP, Andreas Baumbach MD
5 New Oral and Intravenous Adenosine Diphosphate Blockers in STEMI Intervention 75James J. Ferguson III MD
Part II The STEMI Procedure 105
6 The Role of Acute Circulatory Support in STEMI 107Yousef Bader MD, Navin K. Kapur MD
7 Thrombus Management for STEMI Interventions 119Sameer Mehta MD, Olga Reynbakh MD, Daniel Rodriguez MD, Tracy Zhang BS, Michael Schweitzer MD, Maria Teresa Bedoya Reina MD, Miguel Vega Arango MD, Juanita Gonzalez Arango MD, Maria Botero Urrea MD
8 Transradial Techniques to Improve STEMI Outcomes 145Tejas Patel MD DM FACC FESC FSCAI, Sanjay Shah MD DM, Samir Pancholy MD FACC FSCAI
9 Management of Cardiogenic Shock 159Holger Thiele MD, Suzanne de Waha MD
10 Present Role of Thrombectomy in STEMI Interventions 171Francesco Giannini MD, Azeem Latib MD, Antonio Colombo MD
11 Choice of Stent in STEMI Interventions 187Roopa Salwan MD
12 Illustrated STEMI Procedures I – Basic STEMI Skills 207Sameer Mehta MD, Tracy Zhang BS, Michael Schweitzer MD, Alexandra Ferré MD, Daniella Nacad MD, Landy Luna Diaz MD, Alicia Henao Velasquez MD
13 Illustrated STEMI Procedures II – Basic STEMI Skills 223Sameer Mehta MD, Tracy Zhang BS, Michael Schweitzer MD, Alexandra Ferré MD, Daniella Nacad MD, Landy Luna Diaz MD, Alicia Henao Velasquez MD
14 Illustrated STEMI Procedures III – Basic STEMI Skills 239Sameer Mehta MD, Tracy Zhang BS, Michael Schweitzer MD, Alexandra Ferré MD, Daniella Nacad MD, Landy Luna Diaz MD, Alicia Henao Velasquez MD
15 Remote Ischemic Conditioning for Acute Myocardial Infarction 255Hans Erik Bøtker MD PhD FACC FESC, Gerd Heusch MD FACC FESC FRCP
Part III The STEMI Process 273
16 Reducing Door‐to‐Balloon Times 275Michel Le May MD, Joshua PY Loh MD
17 Pre‐hospital Triage and Management 285Ivan Rokos MD
18 Creating Networks for Optimal STEMI Management 299David C. Lange MD, David M. Larson MD, David Hildebrandt RN, Timothy D. Henry MD
19 Pharmacoinvasive Management of STEMI 315Neeraj Bhalla MD
Part IV Global STEMI Initiatives 325
20 Stent for Life: The European Perspective on STEMI Interventions 327Sasko Kedev MD PhD FESC FACC
21 Urban Combined Pharmacoinvasive Management of STEMI Patients as Antidote to Traffic in Large Metropolitan Cities 333David G. Iosseliani MD FACC FESC
22 Lessons from the Puerto Rico Infarction National Collaborative Experience Initiative 343Orlando Rodríguez‐Vilá MD MMS FACC FSCAI, Jose Escabi‐Mendoza MD FACC, Fernando Lapetina‐Irizarry MD FACC, Miguel A. Campos‐Esteve MD FACC
23 The STEMI Care Program in China 357Yan Zhang MD, Yong Huo MD
24 STEMI INDIA 363Thomas Alexander MD, Ajit S Mullasari MD
25 The Role of Telemedicine in STEMI Interventions 371Roberto Vieira Botelho MD PhD, Sameer Mehta MD FACC MBA, Julius Cezar Q. Ladeira DDS MSc, Francisco Fernandéz MBA, Márcio Sanches MD, Denis Fabiano de Souza RN, Wladimir Fernandes de Rezende MBA, Carlos Otávio Lara Pinheiro BSc
26 Innovative Telemedicine STEMI Protocols 379Sameer Mehta MD FACC MBA, Roberto Vieira Botelho MD PhD, Freddy Bojanini MD, Juan Corral MD, Marco Perin MD, María Teresa Bedoya Reina MD, Juliana Giraldo MD, Laura Álvarez MD, Cindy Manotas MD, Sebastián Moreno MD, Sergio Reyes MD, María Botero Urrea MD
Part V Future Perspectives 395
27 STEMI Interventions, Beyond the Culprit Lesion 397Neil Ruparelia PhD MRCP, Antonio Colombo MD, Azeem Latib MD
28 Promising Technologies for STEMI Interventions 409Joshua PY Loh MD, HC Tan
Index 421