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Percutaneous coronary intervention still not accessible for many South Africans

INTRODUCTION: The incidence of myocardial infarction is rising in Sub-Saharan Africa. In order to reduce mortality, timely reperfusion by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or thrombolysis followed by PCI is required. South Africa has historically been characterised by inequities in healthcare...

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Autores principales: Stassen, Willem, Wallis, Lee, Lambert, Craig, Castren, Maaret, Kurland, Lisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Federation for Emergency Medicine 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6234190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30456119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2017.04.009