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Barriers to the implementation of prehospital thrombolysis in the treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in South Africa: An exploratory inquiry

INTRODUCTION: Evidence-based guidelines advocate percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as the mainstay reperfusion strategy for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). However, the South African health system is not well positioned to provide PCI as a ‘mainstay strategy’. In response,...

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Autores principales: Lynch, Andrew, Sobuwa, Simpiwe, Castle, Nicholas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Federation for Emergency Medicine 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7700957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33299757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2020.08.001