Pre-hospital heparin use for ST-elevation myocardial infarction is safe and improves angiographic outcomes.
Jason E BloomEmily AndrewZiad NehmeDiem T DinhHimawan FernandoWilliam Y ShiPieter VriesendorpShane NanayakarraLuke P DawsonAngela BrennanSamer NoamanJamie LaylandJeremy WilliamAli H Al-FiadhMatthew BrooksMelanie FreemanAdam HutchinsonDavid McGawWilliam Van GaalWilliam WillsonAnthony WhiteRoshan PrakashChristopher ReidJeffrey LefkovitsStephen J DuffyWilliam ChanDavid M KayeMichael StephensonStephen BernardKaren SmithDion StubPublished in: European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care (2021)
In this multicentre, propensity-score matched study, the use of pre-hospital heparin by paramedics was safe and is associated with fewer occluded IRAs in patients presenting with STEMI.
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