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September 5, 2013Heart

Key recommendations and evidence from the NICE guideline for the acute management of ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction

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Population

Patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)

Design

Guideline

Authors

MHMartin HarkerSCSerena CarvilleRHRobert Henderson

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Overview

Directs STEMI reperfusion and adjunctive therapy choices; extends randomized evidence into national practice recommendations.

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Population
Patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)
I
Intervention
Acute management strategies including reperfusion strategies, procedural aspects of interventions, additional drugs before and alongside reperfusion therapies, and treatment of unconscious patients or those in cardiogenic shock

This document summarizes the NICE clinical guideline (CG167) for the acute management of STEMI, providing evidence-based recommendations for reperfusion and adjunctive therapies.

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Harker et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a91b43283d7b51f949ff95ahttps://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304717
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