ST-elevation myocardial infarction

ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Definition

A very serious type of heart attack during which one of the heart's major arteries (one of the arteries that supplies oxygen and nutrient-rich blood to the heart muscle) is blocked. ST-segment elevation is an abnormality detected on the 12-lead ECG.

Also known as acute-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, STEMI — per MONDO

Also identified as