MANUAL OF STEMI INTERVENTIONS

Part I Guidelines, Thrombolytic Therapy, Pharmacology 1
1 Compendium of STEMI Clinical Trials 3
2 European Society of Cardiology and American College of Cardiology STEMI Guidelines 35
3 The Role of Thrombolytic Therapy in the Era of STEMI Interventions 55
4 Anticoagulants in STEMI Interventions 65
5 New Oral and Intravenous Adenosine Diphosphate Blockers in STEMI Intervention 75

Part II The STEMI Procedure 105
6 The Role of Acute Circulatory Support in STEMI 107
7 Thrombus Management for STEMI Interventions 119
8 Transradial Techniques to Improve STEMI Outcomes 145
9 Management of Cardiogenic Shock 159
10 Present Role of Thrombectomy in STEMI Interventions 171
11 Choice of Stent in STEMI Interventions 187
12 Illustrated STEMI Procedures I – Basic STEMI Skills 207
13 Illustrated STEMI Procedures II – Basic STEMI Skills 223
14 Illustrated STEMI Procedures III – Basic STEMI Skills 239
15 Remote Ischemic Conditioning for Acute Myocardial Infarction 255

Part III The STEMI Process 273
16 Reducing Door ]to ]Balloon Times 275
17 Pre ]hospital Triage and Management 285
18 Creating Networks for Optimal STEMI Management 299
19 Pharmacoinvasive Management of STEMI 315

Part IV Global STEMI Initiatives 325
20 Stent for Life: The European Perspective on STEMI Interventions 327
21 Urban Combined Pharmacoinvasive Management of STEMI Patients as Antidote to Traffic in Large Metropolitan Cities 333
22 Lessons from the Puerto Rico Infarction National Collaborative Experience Initiative 343
23 The STEMI Care Program in China 357
24 STEMI INDIA 363
25 The Role of Telemedicine in STEMI Interventions 371
26 Innovative Telemedicine STEMI Protocols 379

Part V Future Perspectives 395
27 STEMI Interventions, Beyond the Culprit Lesion 397
28 Promising Technologies for STEMI Interventions 409

Benefit from this concise yet comprehensive manual, designed to improve the practice and process of STEMI interventions

• Understand the varied pharmacological options available in managing STEMI patients, including newer anti-coagulants
• Improve your STEMI procedure technique through expert guidance, including stent choice, and other techniques such as trans radial procedures
• Provides an overview of STEMI networks internationally and how to set up a STEMI program
• Reviews future perspectives for STEMI and the role of telemedicine for STEMI procedures

Author Information
Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA
Voluntary Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Chairman, Lumen Foundation, Miami, FL, USA