2015 ACC/AHA/SCAI Focused Update on Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: An Update of the 2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

Authors :: Levine, Glenn N
Bates, Eric R
Blankenship, James C
Bailey, Steven R
Bittl, John A
Cercek, Bojan
Chambers, Charles E
Ellis, Stephen G
Guyton, Robert A
Hollenberg, Steven M
Khot, Umesh N
Lange, Richard A
Mauri, Laura
Mehran, Roxana
Moussa, Issam D
Mukherjee, Debabrata
Ting, Henry H
O'Gara, Patrick T
Kushner, Frederick G
Ascheim, Deborah D
Source :: Circulation. 3/15/2016, Vol. 133 Issue 11, p1135-1147. 13p.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: The article presents the guidelines issued by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines, which provide the treatment options and medical care related to myocardial infarction (MI). Topics addressed include the use of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and thrombus aspiration in patients with ST-elevation MI (STEMI), recommendations for aspiration thrombectomy, and clinician-patient relationship.