STEMI: Contemporary Cardiology

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STEMI or ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction is an extremely serious heart attack in which one of the heart's major arteries that supply oxygen and nutrient-rich blood to the heart muscle is blocked. It is associated with a disease process known as atherosclerosis in which plaque builds up inside the walls of the arteries which ends up narrowing and blocking them. ST-segment elevation abnormality can be detected on the 12-lead ECG. STEMI can be treated by a drug or primary percutaneous coronary intervention, also referred to as angioplasty or stenting. STEMI can result in ventricular fibrillati...

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