2017 ESC Guidelines for the management of
acute myocardial infarction in patients
presenting with ST-segment elevation
The Task Force for the management of acute myocardial infarction
in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation of the European
Society of Cardiology (ESC)
Authors/Task Force Members: Borja Ibanez* (Chairperson) (Spain), Stefan James*
(Chairperson) (Sweden), Stefan Agewall (Norway), Manuel J. Antunes (Portugal),
Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci (UK), He´ctor Bueno (Spain), Alida L. P. Caforio (Italy),
Filippo Crea (Italy), John A. Goudevenos (Greece), Sigrun Halvorsen (Norway),
Gerhard Hindricks (Germany), Adnan Kastrati (Germany), Mattie J. Lenzen
(The Netherlands), Eva Prescott (Denmark), Marco Roffi (Switzerland),
Marco Valgimigli (Switzerland), Christoph Varenhorst (Sweden), Pascal Vranckx
(Belgium), Petr Widimsk
y (Czech Republic)
Document Reviewers: Jean-Philippe Collet (CPG Review Coordinator) (France),
Steen Dalby Kristensen (CPG Review Coordinator) (Denmark), Victor Aboyans (France),
* Corresponding authors. The two chairmen contributed equally to the document: Borja Ibanez, Director Clinical Research, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones
Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), Melchor Fern
andez Almagro 3, 28029 Madrid, Spain; Department of Cardiology, IIS-Fundaci
on Jime´nez Dıaz University Hospital, Madrid,
Spain; and CIBERCV, Spain. Tel:
þ34 91 453.12.00 (ext: 4302), Fax: þ34 91 453.12.45, E-mail: bibanez@cnic.es or bibanez@fjd.es. Stefan James, Professor of Cardiology,
Department of Medical Sciences, Scientific Director UCR, Uppsala University and Sr. Interventional Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology Uppsala University Hospital UCR
Uppsala Clinical Research Center Dag Hammarskjo¨lds v€
ag 14B SE-752 37 Uppsala, Sweden. Tel:
þ46 705 944 404, Email: stefan.james@ucr.uu.se
ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (CPG) and National Cardiac Societies document reviewers: listed in the Appendix.
ESC entities having participated in the development of this document:
Associations: Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACCA), European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
(EACVI), European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), Heart Failure Association (HFA).
Councils: Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (CCNAP), Council for Cardiology Practice (CCP).
Working Groups: Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, Cardiovascular Surgery, Coronary Pathophysiology and Microcirculation, Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases, Thrombosis.
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Disclaimer. The ESC Guidelines represent the views of the ESC and were produced after careful consideration of the scientific and medical knowledge and the evidence avail-
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cial recommendations or guidelines issued by the relevant public health authorities, in particular in relation to good use of healthcare or therapeutic strategies. Health
professionals are encouraged to take the ESC Guidelines fully into account when exercising their clinical judgment, as well as in the determination and the implementation of pre-
ventive, diagnostic or therapeutic medical strategies; however, the ESC Guidelines do not override, in any way whatsoever, the individual responsibility of health professionals to
make appropriate and accurate decisions in consideration of each patient’s health condition and in consultation with that patient and, where appropriate and/or necessary, the
patient’s caregiver. Nor do the ESC Guidelines exempt health professionals from taking into full and careful consideration the relevant official updated recommendations or
guidelines issued by the competent public health authorities, in order to manage each patient’s case in light of the scientifically accepted data pursuant to their respective ethical
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