Patient-related delays in seeking help account for the majority of time lost before thrombolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction, highlighting the need for public education and pre-hospital treatment strategies.
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Patient delays drive most AMI thrombolysis timing; hypothesis-generating for education campaigns, should not yet change practice.
Timo Hirvonen (1998) studied this question.
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