PMID- 25354034 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150709 LR - 20141030 IS - 1744-8298 (Electronic) IS - 1479-6678 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 5 DP - 2014 Sep TI - ST elevation myocardial infarction: recent advances and updates. PG - 633-66 LID - 10.2217/fca.14.46 [doi] AB - ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) remains a leading cause of morbidity, mortality and disability worldwide. Statistically, a trend towards improvements in morbidity and mortality has been consistent over the years, which is attributed primarily to the modification of risk factors, healthier lifestyles, treatment advances and better management of door-to-balloon times via STEMI systems. However, a major challenge in the coming years will be the baby boomers (born between the years 1946 and 1964) coming into old age. The first baby boomers turned 65 in year 2011. As the baby boomers age in the coming years, the incidence of coronary heart disease is likely to increase, and so there will be a greater need to have major advances in the management of coronary heart disease in order to deal with this additional incidence. The scope of this article is to review recent advances in the management of STEMI and to provide an updated overview. FAU - Ganjehei, Leila AU - Ganjehei L AD - Department of Cardiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA. FAU - Rashid, Urmiya Mamoon AU - Rashid UM FAU - Payami, Sara AU - Payami S FAU - Saal, Andrew Kim AU - Saal AK LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - England TA - Future Cardiol JT - Future cardiology JID - 101239345 SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Female MH - Heart-Assist Devices MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Myocardial Infarction/diagnosis/drug therapy/*therapy MH - Myocardial Reperfusion Injury/physiopathology/therapy MH - Percutaneous Coronary Intervention/methods MH - Prognosis MH - Stem Cell Transplantation MH - Stents OTO - NOTNLM OT - ST elevation myocardial infarction OT - intracoronary stents OT - microvascular obstruction OT - reperfusion OT - stem cell therapy EDAT- 2014/10/30 06:00 MHDA- 2015/07/15 06:00 CRDT- 2014/10/30 06:00 PHST- 2014/10/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/10/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/07/15 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.2217/fca.14.46 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Future Cardiol. 2014 Sep;10(5):633-66. doi: 10.2217/fca.14.46.