Why the study?
Does interhospital transfer reduce long-term mortality in patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction?
Does interhospital transfer reduce long-term mortality in patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction?
Interhospital transfer of patients with acute myocardial infarction is associated with increased rates of coronary revascularization and significantly improved long-term survival.
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May support selective AMI transfer; leaves open causality versus selection bias pending RCTs.
Ranasinghe et al. (2015) studied this question.
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