Door to Electrocardiography (ECG) and Needle Times in Patients with Myocardial Infarction
Journal Title: Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
Acute myocardial infarction is one of the most prevalent causes of hospitalization in emergency department. In United States 650,000 patients annually suffer from acute myocardial infarction and in Iran ischemic heart diseases are considered as the second cause of mortality in popu-lation of 15-49 years (1). Taking thrombolytic drugs leads to 40-50% decrease in mortality rate of such pa-tients. Based on the current standards, less than 10 and 30 minutes are estimated for appropriate door to electrocar-diography (ECG) and door to needle times, respectively (2). In a study performed on 100 patients referred to the emergency department of Nemazi Hospital, Shiraz, Iran, through March 2013 to April 2014, the mean time from the chest pain starting to emergency ward admission was estimated more than 90 minutes.
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