Delayed First Medical Contact to Reperfusion Time Increases Mortality in Rural EMS Patients with STEMI.
Jason P StopyraAnna C SnavelyNicklaus P AshburnMichael W SupplesChadwick D MillerSimon A MahlerPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2023)
Death among rural patients with STEMI was four times more likely when they did not receive PCI within 90 minutes.
Keyphrases
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- st elevation myocardial infarction
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- acute myocardial infarction
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- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- antiplatelet therapy
- healthcare
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- atrial fibrillation
- risk factors
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- heart failure
- cardiovascular disease
- brain injury
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- blood brain barrier