Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Volume 76, Issue 11, 15 September 2020, Pages 1375-1384
Core CurriculumManagement of Acute Myocardial Infarction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Position Statement From the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
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Key Words
acute myocardial infarction
COVID-19
emergency medical system
fibrinolysis
percutaneous coronary intervention
STEMI
Abbreviations and Acronyms
AMI
acute myocardial infarction
CCL
cardiac catheterization laboratory
COVID-19
coronavirus disease 2019
CT
computed tomography
D2B
door-to-balloon
ECG
electrocardiogram
ED
emergency department
EMS
emergency medical system
ICU
intensive care unit
NSTEMI
non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction
OHCA
out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
PCI
percutaneous coronary intervention
PPE
personal protective equipment
SARS-CoV-2
severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2
STEMI
ST-elevation myocardial infarction
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This article has been co-published in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Frederick G.P. Welt, Ajay J. Kirtane, John S. Rumsfeld and Timothy D. Henry are representatives of the American College of Cardiology. Amal Mattu is a representative of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Ehtisham Mahmud, John C. Messenger, Sunil V. Rao, Cindy Grines, and Timothy D. Henry are representatives of the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. This document was endorsed by the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) in April 2020.
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