Contralateral Angiography in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients.

The article focuses on the use of combined electrocardiography (ECG)-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and a contralateral angiogram in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). In a study by Dib and associates published in this journal, the combined approach minimized the door-to-balloon (DTB) time in primary PCI. The authors used the guidelines from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association in assessing STEMI and non-STEMI patients.