Heart Attack
Researchers at University of Alberta target heart attack
Published in Hospital Business Week, October 4th, 2009
"Recent research and contemporary ST elevation rnyocardial infarction guidelines emphasize the importance of prompt reperfusion and have redefined the traditional time to treatment metric to include prehospital paramedical staff as the point of first medical contact. However, an important knowledge gap exists relating to data systematically addressing the impact of arrival at the hospital by ambulance and the delays inherent in transfer front it community hospital to tertiary centres for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)," investigators in Edmonton, Canada report.
"The Which Early ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Therapy (WEST) study initiated treatment at the...
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