Pre-hospital diagnosis and transfer of patients with acute myocardial infarction-a decade long experience from one of Europe's largest STEMI networks

Peter Clemmensen, Mikkel Malby Schoos, Matias Greve Lindholm, Lars S Rasmussen, Jacob Steinmetz, Rasmus Hesselfeldt, Frants Pedersen, Erik Jørgensen, Lene Holmvang, Maria Sejersten

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Abstract

Early reperfusion in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is essential. Although primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) is the preferred revascularization technique, it often involves longer primary transportation or secondary inter-hospital transfers and thus longer system related delays. The current ESC Guidelines state that PCI should be performed within 120minutes from first medical contact, and door-to-balloon time should be
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Electrocardiology
Volume46
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)546-52
Number of pages7
ISSN0022-0736
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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