Another retrospective cohort study found artificial intelligence significantly improved the performance of distinguishing chest CT scans of COVID-19 pneumonia from non-COVID-19 pneumonia when compared to radiologists.
Experts remind that fibrinolytic therapy can be an effective alternative to percutaneous coronary intervention during the pandemic, providing a treatment option that is less time and personnel intensive.
However, two directors of cardiac catheterization labs stress that percutaneous coronary intervention is still the best option for reperfusion in suspected STEMI.