Should patients with acute ST elevation MI be transferred for primary PCI?
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Should patients with acute ST elevation MI be transferred for primary PCI?
Correspondence to: Dr Steen Dalby Kristensen, Skejby Hospital, DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark; [email protected] _________________________ T he treatment strategy for acute myocardial infarction (MI) with ST elevation or newly developed left bundle branch block has been focusing on immediate opening of the infarct related coronary artery. This is because the prognosis for the patient is dependent u...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.021881