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Hudson Regional Hospital announced Jan. 9 that its Cardiac Catheterization Lab earned New State Department of Health approval for a diagnostic tool used to identify and treat patients with chest pain.

Activating the cardiac catheterization laboratory at least 10 minutes before an ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI) patient arrived at the hospital was associated with less reperfusion delay -- and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients who required interhospital transfer for STEMI, nearly 40% had cath lab activation times of less ...

ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients have a higher chance of survival if emergency medical service (EMS) teams notify the cardiac catherization lab at the hospital where the patient ...

Heparin started in the ambulance or emergency department (ED) makes it more likely a patient with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) will present to the cath lab without a ...

The heparin frequently given before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) should be pushed to as early as possible in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), according to ...

The Plainview Hospital has now treated 100 ST-elevation myocardial infarction, or STEMI, patients through its new cardiac catheterization laboratory. The hospital held a celebration on May 12 to ...

The implementation of a smartphone-based application to aid with communication about STEMI patients coming in from the field has enabled one large health system to drop its EMS-to-balloon time by 10 ...