Arul Baradi, Diem T Dinh, Angela Brennan, Dion Stub, Jithendra Somaratne, Sonny Palmer, Ziad Nehme, Emily Andrew, Karen Smith, Danny Liew, Christopher M Reid, Jeffrey Lefkovits, Andrew Wilson
AIM: We aim to describe prevalence of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) use, investigate factors predictive of EMS use, and determine if EMS use predicts treatment delay and mortality in our ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) cohort. METHOD: We prospectively collected data on 5,602 patients presenting with STEMI for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) transported to PCI-capable hospitals in Victoria, Australia, from 2013-2018 who were entered into the Victorian Cardiac Outcomes Registry (VCOR)...
April 2, 2024: Heart, Lung & Circulation