Does a single bolus thrombolytic reduce door to needle time in a district general hospital?
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Does a single bolus thrombolytic reduce door to needle time in a district general hospital?
OBJECTIVES To answer the question "In patients presenting with ST elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) and no contraindication to thrombolysis, does the introduction of Tenecteplase reduce door to needle times?" METHODS Firstly, an observational study was performed to compare the time taken to prepare standard thrombolytic therapy with Tenecteplase. Secondly, door to needle times wer...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2002.003244