The Prehospital Electrocardiogram in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Is Its Full Potential Being Realized? fn1fn1The National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2 is supported by Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California.
Journal of the American College of CardiologyPublished 1 March 1997
John G. Canto, William J. Rogers, Laura J. Bowlby, William J. French, Douglas J. Pearce, W. Douglas Weaver
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The pre hospital ECG is infrequently utilized for diagnosing myocardial infarction, and among patients with a prehospital ECG, is associated with a longer time from symptom onset to hospital arrival, Despite these shortcomings, the prehospitalECG is a test that may potentially influence the management of patients with acuteMyocardial Infarction.
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The prehospital ECG is infrequently utilized for diagnosing myocardial infarction, and among patients with a prehospital ECG, is associated with a longer time from symptom onset to hospital arrival. Despite these shortcomings, the prehospital ECG is a test that may potentially influence the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction through wider, faster in-hospital utilization of reperfusion strategies and greater usage of invasive procedures, factors that may possibly reduce shortterm mortality. Efforts to implement the prehospital ECG more widely and more rapidly may be indicated.
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