Temporary Emergency Guidance to STEMI Systems of Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: AHA's Mission: Lifeline
The American Heart Association (AHA) Get With The Guidelines Coronary Artery Disease Advisory Work Group, and the Acute Care and Interventional Science Subcommittees of the AHA Council on Clinical Cardiology, are responding to the call of concern on ideal ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Systems of Care during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Emergency interim guidance is being provided, pivoting from the conventional AHA evidence-based meticulous peer review process. This statement addresses STEMI Systems of Care issues throughout the pandemic, to ensure that patients with STEMI continue to receive life-saving treatments while maintaining patient and healthcare worker safety.
Authors
- Timothy D. Henry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1123-0533)
- Mauricio G. Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2038-6070)
- Christopher Bull Granger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0045-3291)
- Hani Jneid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8754-358X)
- Alice K. Jacobs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2428-2458)
- Murtuza J. Ali
- Michael Redlener (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6592-1298)
- Jason N. Katz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3460-5169)
- Jessica K. Zègre‐Hemsey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5650-0464)
- Venu Menon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4410-2677)
- Lori Hollowell
- Gregg C. Fonarow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3192-8093)
- Mark Bieniarz
- Jacqueline E. Tamis‐Holland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2991-8769)
- James G. Jollis
- Abhinav Goyal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6286-2349)
- William J. French (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6440-5459)
- Patricia J.M. Best (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7024-7186)
- Peter Mason
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- UNC Libraries
- Published
- 2025-06-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17615/sdtm-w243
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00