Emergency medical services play a key role in the recognition and treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). This study evaluates the effect of emergency medical services use on adherence to reperfusion therapy guidelines in Belgian STEMI patients and on in-hospital mortality.
Rousseaux, C., Mols, P., Sinnaeve, P. R., Convens, C., Dubois, P., Vranckx, P., Gevaert, S., Coussement, P., Ramadan, A. S., Beauloye, C., Renard, M., Evrard, P., Argacha, J.-F., De Raedt, H., Wouters, K., & Claeys, M. J. (2016). Mode of admission and its effect on adherence to reperfusion therapy guidelines in Belgian STEMI patients. European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, 5(5), 461-467. https://doi.org/10.1177/2048872616647708 (Original work published 2016)