Rural EMS STEMI Patients - Why the Delay to PCI?
Jason P StopyraAnna C SnavelyNicklaus P AshburnMichael W SupplesW Mark BrownChadwick D MillerSimon A MahlerPublished in: Prehospital emergency care (2024)
Nearly 40% of rural STEMI patients transported by EMS failed to receive FMC to PCI within 90 min. Women were less likely than men to receive reperfusion within the time goal, which represents an important health care disparity.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- healthcare
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- acute myocardial infarction
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- acute coronary syndrome
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- south africa
- peritoneal dialysis
- heart failure
- atrial fibrillation
- pregnant women
- antiplatelet therapy
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- brain injury
- breast cancer risk