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Native valve infective endocarditis (IE) is rare, with an incidence of 3–7 cases per 100,000 person-years.1,2 Cardiac structural complications from local infection extension include valvular destruction, peri-annular abscess and fistula formation. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm (LVP) from IE is exceedingly rare, occurring in <1% of cases, and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis is challenging due to nonspecific symptoms […]

César Herrera, ACC 2022: The American College of Cardiology Global Heart Attack Treatment Initiative: Improving STEMI management internationally

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Published Online: Apr 29th 2022

Data from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Global Heart Attack Treatment Initiative (GHATI) offers a novel insights into ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) care in low-middle income countries. touchCARDIO spoke to Prof César Herrera (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA) to discuss his presentation at the ACC Annual Meeting 2022 entitled ‘GHATI: Improving STEMI Management Internationally: Two-year Report of 4,015 Patients Enrolled in the American College of Cardiology’.

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  1.       Could you give us a brief overview of the Global Heart Attack Treatment Initiative (GHATI) and its aims? 00:27-01:22
  2.       What have been the key achievements of the initiative to date? 01:22-03:45
  3.       What opportunities have been identified for improvement in reporting and GHATI support? 03:45-05:45

Speaker Disclosure: César Herrera has no actual or potential conflicts of interest in relation to this video

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media Ltd. Interview conducted by Sophie Nickelson.

Filmed in coverage of the  American College of Cardiology Annual Meeting 2022

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