Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Abstract

An acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is an event in which transmural myocardial ischemia results in myocardial injury or necrosis. The current 2018 clinical definition of myocardial infarction (MI) requires the confirmation of the myocardial ischemic injury with abnormal cardiac biomarkers. [2] It is a clinical syndrome involving myocardial ischemia, EKG changes and chest pain.