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. 2005 Jun;91(Suppl 3):iii12–iii15. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.058537

Myocardial infarction centres: the way forward

H Andersen, C Terkelsen, L Thuesen, L Krusell, S Kristensen, H Botker, J Lassen, T Nielsen
PMCID: PMC1876360  PMID: 15919645

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

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 Delays in initiation of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (primary PCI) among patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction living in catchment areas of local hospitals.

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