PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – Patients having one of the most serious types of heart attack can now get around-the-clock emergency treatment at Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital, which launched a new STEMI protocol in October.
STEMI, or ST-elevation myocardial infarction, is a heart attack caused by a complete blockage of one of the heart’s arteries. Dr. Jaime Lewellyn, medical director of interventional cardiology at Cleveland Clinic Martin Health, said speed matters because the heart muscle is starved of oxygen.
“The heart muscle is without oxygen, which is why it’s so important that we open it up quickly,” Lewellyn said…