Myocardial infarction centres: the way forward.
review · Level V
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Abstract
In the era of primary PCI, a strategy of admitting patients to the nearest hospital should be obsolete. Instead, a prehospital diagnostic strategy should be implemented in order to: (1) refer patients directly to interventional centres, thereby eliminating delay at local hospitals; (2) alert the interventional centre, thereby reducing door to balloon times; (3) initiate adjunctive medication in the prehospital phase.
Medical subject headings
- Coronary Care Units
- Emergency Medical Services
- Myocardial Infarction