[Management of infarction with ST elevation in the acute phase: the current guidelines]. / Prise en charge de l'infarctus avec sus-déalage de ST au stade aigu: recommandations actuelles.

The 2002 and 2005 recommendations of the European Society of Cardiology for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction at the acute stage are reviewed. Primary angioplasty should, whenever possible, constitute the default strategy, but intravenous thrombolysis still has an important role, particularly in the first few hours following symptom onset.