1. A response to a misrepresentation of the STEMI guidelines: the response.
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Terkelsen, Christian Juhl, Pinto, Duane, Clemmensen, Peter, Thiele, Holger, Lassen, Jens Flensted, Christiansen, Evald Høj, Hansen, Hans-Henrik Tilsted, Stankovic, Goran, Olivecrona, Göran, Junker, Anders, Bøtker, Hans Erik, and Boersma, Eric
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MYOCARDIAL infarction ,CORONARY artery surgery ,ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY - Abstract
In this article, the authors focus on the misrepresentation of the 2012 European Society of Cardiology ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) guidelines. They say that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)-related delay is equated with time from first medical contact (FMC) to primary PCI (PPCI) delay as data addressing PCI-related delay have been used to give recommendations concerning FMC to PPCI delay. They say that the STEMI systems of care are developing throughout Europe.
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- 2013
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