The Stent for Life initiative: Factors predicting system delay in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Introduction and Aims: System delay (time between first medical contact and reperfusion therapy) is an indicator of quality of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients. This study aimed to assess changes in system delay between...

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Main Authors: Hélder Pereira, Fausto J. Pinto, Rita Calé, Ernesto Pereira, Sofia Mello, Sílvia Vitorino, Pedro Jerónimo de Sousa, Bruno Brochado, Sílvia Monteiro, Rui Campante Teles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-08-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204918302812