Title Page ; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Part I Guidelines, Thrombolytic Therapy, Pharmacology; Chapter 1 Compendium of STEMI Clinical Trials; Introduction; References; Chapter 2 European Society of Cardiology and American College of Cardiology STEMI Guidelines; Introduction; References; Chapter 3 The Role of Thrombolytic Therapy in the Era of STEMI Interventions; Introduction; Thrombolytic Therapy: Clinical Benefit, Risks and Contraindications; Primary PCI: Overview of Randomized Clinical Trials; Clinical Impact of Time to Reperfusion.

Facilitated PCI and the Pharmacoinvasive StrategyConclusions; References; Chapter 4 Anticoagulants in STEMI Interventions; Introduction; Anticoagulants; Discussion; How to Choose: The Eternal Dilemma Between Bleeding and Ischemic Risk; References; Chapter 5 New Oral and Intravenous Adenosine Diphosphate Blockers in STEMI Intervention; Introduction; Physiology; Aspirin in STEMI; ADP Blockers in ACS, PCI and STEMI Intervention; Other Important Issues; Future Directions; Summary; References; Part II The STEMI Procedure; Chapter 6 The Role of Acute Circulatory Support in STEMI; Introduction.

Intra-Aortic Balloon CounterpulsationImpella Use in STEMI; The TandemHeart Device in STEMI; Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; Right Ventricular Myocardial Infarction; Time for a Paradigm Shift: From Primary Reperfusion to Primary Unloading in STEMI; References; Chapter 7 Thrombus Management for STEMI Interventions; Introduction; Pathophysiology of Thrombus; Thrombus and STEMI; Mehta Strategy; Global Strategies of Thrombectomy and Recent Trials; Conclusions; References; Chapter 8 Transradial Techniques to Improve STEMI Outcomes; Introduction and Historical Perspective.

The Transradial Approach and STEMI InterventionsRationale for Using the Transradial Route for STEMI Interventions; Developing a Transradial Acute Myocardial Infarction Program; Limitations; Conclusions; References; Chapter 9 Management of Cardiogenic Shock; Diagnosis and Pathophysiology; Incidence and Prognosis; Interventional Management; Treatment of Mechanical Complications; Intensive Care Unit Treatment; Mechanical Support; Summary; References; Chapter 10 Present Role of Thrombectomy in STEMI Interventions; Rationale for Thrombectomy in Acute Myocardial Infarction; Thrombectomy Devices.

Evidence for Manual ThrombectomyEvidence for Mechanical Thrombectomy; Conclusions; References; Chapter 11 Choice of Stent in STEMI Interventions; Introduction; Historical Perspective; Stents in STEMI Interventions: How it all Started; Re-stenosis ; Great Expectations: First-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents in STEMI ; Dawn of a New Era: Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents ; The Emperor's New Clothes; Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold in acute Myocardial Infarction; Conclusion; References; Chapter 12 Illustrated STEMI Procedures I -- Basic STEMI Skills; Introduction; Case 1; Case 2; Case 3.