From the Literature

2007 focused update to the ACC/AHA guidelines for
the management of patients with ST-segment elevation
myocardial infarction: implications for emergency
department practice.

Pollack CV Jr, Antman EM, Hollander JE; American College of Cardiology; American Heart Association.Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Oct;52(4):344-355.e1. Epub 2008 Jun 2.

The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association
have issued a "focused update" of their 2004 guidelines for the
management of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
Several of the issues addressed involve new data and new
recommendations on treatment decisions that may be made in the
emergency department. In this review, we present the new
recommendations that are pertinent to emergency medicine practice
and comment on their potential implementation into an evidence-based,
multidisciplinary approach to the timely care of the STEMI patient.