2015 ACC/AHA/SCAI Focused Update on Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: An Update of the 2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions

Circulation. 2016 Mar 15;133(11):1135-47. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000336. Epub 2015 Oct 21.

¹ Writing committee members are required to recuse themselves from voting on sections to which their specific relationships with industry may apply; see Appendixes 1 and 2 for detailed information. ACC/AHA Representative. SCAI Representative. ACC/AHA Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines Liaison. Dr. Deborah D. Ascheim accepted a position at Capricor Therapeutics in August 2015, after the writing effort was completed. In accordance with ACC/AHA policy, she recused herself from the final voting process. ACP Representative. ACEP Representative. Former Task Force member; current member during the writing effort.

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Keywords: AHA Scientific Statements; culprit vessel; focused update; multivessel; myocardial infarction; primary PCI; thrombectomy.

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