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Relationship between time of initial diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction to primary angioplasty on patient’s outcome
Author(s): Marianna Saita RN, George Argyriou RN*, Olga Kadda RN, Dimitrios Protogiros RN, Polyxeni Detsi RN, Georgia Toulia Lecturer, Georgios Vasilopoulos and Christina Marvaki Emeritus
OBJECTIVES: To explore the relationship between time of initial diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction to primary angioplasty on patient’s outcome.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: A systematic review of published articles in international databases (CENTRAL, SCOPUS and MEDLINE). A time limited criterion was applied related to the articles publication (articles published between 2012 and 2016). Seventeen articles were found that met the criteria for participation in the review.
RESULTS: According to the results, the majority of studies showed that time to treatment (primary angioplasty) was less than 90 minutes from the initial assessment, resulting in better outcomes of patients. The time from patient presentation to hospital in ST segment elevetion myocardial infarction (STEMI) diagno.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2529-797X.1000028
