title: Stemi: 3-Minute Diagnosis, 90-Minute Reperfusion :  Saving Time, Saves Lives
author: Marco A. Mercader MD
description: Dr. Marco Mercader is a cardiologist, cardiac electrophysiologist, Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and of the Heart Rhythm Society, who currently works for the Medical Faculty Associates as Associate Professor for The George Washington University. Dr. Jacob Varghese is Professor Emeritus and prior Director of Coronary Care Unit at George Washington University. Dr. Mortada Shams is a resident physician at GW hospital and elected Chief Resident at GW. Alexander Sullivan is a second year medical student at GWU School of Medicine. Dr. Abudureyimu Shajidan is a visiting scholar from Xinjiang Medical University in China. Dr. Bassel Hassouna is a cardiology fellow and future interventional cardiology fellow at GW hospital. Dr. Vimala Jayanthi is an internist at GW-Medical Faculty Associates.
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  J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9, 1174; doi:10.3390/jcm9041174 
  www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm 
  Article 
  Observed and Expected Survival in Men and Women 
  After Suffering a STEMI 
  Isaac Pascual 1,2,3, Daniel Hernandez-Vaquero 2,3,4,*, Marcel Almendarez 1, Rebeca Lorca 1,2,  
  Alain Escalera 4, Rocío Díaz 2,4, Alberto Alperi 1, Manuel Carnero 5, Jacobo Silva 4,6,  
  Cesar Morís 1,2,7 and Pablo Avanzas 1,2,7 
  1 Department of Cardiology. Central University Hospital of Asturias, 33011 Oviedo, Spain;  
  ipascua@live.com (I.P.); marcel.almendarez@gmail.com (M.A.); lorcarebeca@hotmail.com (R.L.); 
  alberto.alperi.garcia@hotmail.com (A.A.); cesarmoris@gmail.com (C.M.); avanzas@gmail.com (P.A.) 
  2 Research Institute of the Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, 33011, Spain; diazmendezro@gmail.com 
  3 Department of Functional Biology. Physiology Area. Faculty of Medicine. University of Oviedo,  
  33006 Oviedo, Spain 
  4 Cardiac Surgery Department. Central University Hospital of Asturias, 33011 Oviedo, Spain; 
  alain_2623@h