Striving to meet targets for ideal treatment of acute myocardial infarction in Brazil: Data from the Midwest region

ConclusionTreatment of STEMI through the public health system in a capital city in Midwestern Brazil falls short of the recommended guidelines due to failure in the initial links of the chain of care. This potentially reversible failure has an important impact on patient outcomes and on health care burden.

Source: Journal of Interventional Cardiology - December 1, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Gustavo Carvalho, Salvador Rassi, Enio Gu érios, Fernando A. M. Curado, Ana Tereza Bastos Tags: ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Source Type: research