Decade Long Trends (2001–2011) in Duration of Pre‐Hospital Delay Among Elderly Patients Hospitalized for an Acute Myocardial Infarction

Decade Long Trends (2001–2011) in Duration of Pre‐Hospital Delay Among Elderly Patients Hospitalized for an Acute Myocardial Infarction

BackgroundEarly intervention with medical and/or coronary revascularization treatment approaches remains the cornerstone of the management of patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, several patient groups, especially the elderly, are known to delay seeking prompt medic...

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Main Authors: Raghavendra P. Makam, Nathaniel Erskine, Jorge Yarzebski, Darleen Lessard, Jason Lau, Jeroan Allison, Joel M. Gore, Jerry Gurwitz, David D. McManus, Robert J. Goldberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
acute myocardial infarction
elderly
prehospital delay
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.115.002664

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