Therapeutic procedures in the emergency department patient with acute myocardial infarction.
Life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias and other peri-infarct complications are often unexpected and commonly present with little warning. The therapeutic procedures reviewed often require immediate implementation and should be second nature to any physician involved in the management of patients with an AMI.
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Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Temple University Hospital and School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000628:therapy; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial