Sameer K. Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA

06/19/2008

This month’s review of the recently published work from Ottawa, Canada, entitled ‘A Citywide Protocol for Primary PCI in ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Elevation’(NEJM, 2008; 358:231–240, see article abstract on next page), provides an...

This month’s review of the...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Ask the Expert

STEMI: Challenges, Opportunities, and the SINCERE Database

12/09/2009

Sameer K. Mehta , MD, FACC, MBA;

Dr. Mehta recently performed his 500th short door-to-balloon time STEMI intervention in the SINCERE (Single Individual Community Experience Registry for Primary PCI) database. He shares his thoughts on the latest developments in STEMI...

Dr. Mehta recently performed his...

12/09/2009

Cath Lab Digest

Letters to the Editor

Global Spread of COVID-19 and Air Pollution: A Possible Link?

05/10/2020

Sameer K. Mehta , MD, FACC, MBA;

Carmen Sanchez , MD;

Camila Narvaez-Caicedo , MD;

Ana Ledo , MD;

Although global dissemination of COVID-19 is multidimensional and non-homogenous, we hypothesize air pollution to be a mitigating factor.

Although global dissemination of...

05/10/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Excerpt from: Chapter 19. STEMI Interventions - Future Perspectives

06/19/2008

Sameer K. Mehta , MD, FACC, MBA;

Imagine a patient involved in an automobile accident on the Florida turnpike while driving from Miami to Orlando, and sustaining a laceration and a thigh fracture. Within minutes, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) will rescue and transport...

Imagine a patient involved in an...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Ask the Expert

STEMI Interventions: The Finest Indication for PCI

12/30/2010

Sameer K. Mehta , MD, FACC, MBA;

Can you tell us about the February 2011 LUMEN meeting, focusing on the process and the procedure of ST- elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) interventions? This is the 10th year for LUMEN, now converted for the third year in a row into a...

Can you tell us about the...

12/30/2010

Cath Lab Digest

Still With Us: Treating ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Remains an Urgent Focus. Finding Hope in the Rise of Telemedicine and AI

01/01/2020

Sameer K. Mehta , MD, FACC, MBA;

The time to telemedicine diagnosis from a center located hundreds of miles away from the originating patient is now 3.5 minutes.

The time to telemedicine...

01/01/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Commentary

Early Revascularization for Cardiogenic Shock in the Elderly ‚Äî Has the Moment of Doubt Passed?

07/13/2009

Estefania Oliveros , MD, MSc;

Sameer K. Mehta , MD, FACC, MBA;

Vinod Jorapur , MD;

The observational study by Amin et al1 in this issue of the Journal is another important addition to the evidence base on the benefit of early revascularization in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) complicated by...

The observational study by Amin...

07/13/2009

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

STEMI Interventions

The Essence of STEMI Interventions – Understanding the Process and the Procedure

09/08/2008

Sameer K. Mehta , MD, FACC, MBA;

A short door-to-balloon time (D2B) ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) intervention has two major components that must be well understood to achieve the desired benefits of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). These...

A short door-to-balloon time...

09/08/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Re: STEMI: Challenges, Opportunities, and the SINCERE Database (Cath Lab Digest December 2009)

02/12/2010

Sameer K. Mehta , MD, FACC, MBA;

Dear Dr. Mehta, I enjoyed your STEMI article in the December Cath Lab Digest. I found the ten commandments to improve the STEMI process very interesting. I would like to ask you to elaborate on #7 - Make that critical second call to the...

Dear Dr. Mehta, I enjoyed your...

02/12/2010

Cath Lab Digest

Commentary

Myocardial Salvage beyond Recanalization of the STEMI Lesion

09/01/2009

Estefania Oliveros , MD, MSc;

Sameer K. Mehta , MD, FACC, MBA;

As rapid global progress is being made to reduce door-to-balloon times (D2B) for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) by improving the ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) procedure and the D2B process, it is imperative to...

As rapid global progress is...

09/01/2009

Journal of Invasive Cardiology