Early Specific Management of AMI Preface Early Specific Management of AMI Early Specific Management of AMI Table of contents: Preface Introduction Best Practice Patient centred care Informed consent for revascularization Quality standards and indicators Initial assessment and interventions in acute coronary syndrome Acute management of ST elevation MI (STEMI) STEMI early risk stratification. Overview approach of antithrombotic therapy Restoration of coronary artery patency Primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction Thrombolysis Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) Adjunctive antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapies used with reperfusion. Acute management of NSTEMI Goals and approaches Initial treatment, measures and diagnosis validation Diagnosis validation, acute risk assessment and rhythm monitoring Treatment Strategy Special Populations and Conditions Requiring Specific Consideration Older Patients Diabetic Patients Chronic kidney disease Conservative Treatment Acute Coronary Syndrome and Cardiac Arrest Decision to Perform Cardiac Catheterisation After OHCA Timeliness of Cardiac Catheterisation After OHC Patients with VF/pVT OHCA refractory to standard treatment Early Specific Management of AMI Preface Early Specific Management of AMI