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Acute Coronary Syndrome; Myocardial Infarction; Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction; ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction; Treatment Outcome; Comparative Study
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Acute Myocardial Infarction: Are We Overlooking Nstemi?, Kevin D. Swenson
Acute Myocardial Infarction: Are We Overlooking Nstemi?, Kevin D. Swenson
Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters
• Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is one of the leading causes of death in the United States.
• The purpose of this study was to examine methods of clinical differentiation between ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-STEMI (NSTEMI) and then to compare the various treatment methods and subsequent outcomes in STEMI versus NSTEMI.
• A compilation of systematic reviews, medical journals, practice guidelines, medical texts and meta-analyses were researched for the purpose of this study.
• NSTEMI patients are older, have more comorbidities and present with more atypical symptoms than STEMI patients.
• NSTEMI patients are treated less aggressively …