Keys to Achieving Target First Medical Contact to Balloon Times and Bypassing Emergency Department More Important Than Distance

Background. Australian guidelines advocate primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) as the reperfusion strategy of choice for ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in patients in whom it can be performed within 90 minutes of first medical contact; otherwise, fibrinolytic therapy is pre...

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Main Authors: Saad Ezad, Allan J. Davies, Hooria Cheema, Trent Williams, James Leitch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Cardiology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2951860
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