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Does reperfusion therapy improve in-hospital mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction presenting to the emergency department?
Does reperfusion therapy improve in-hospital mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction presenting to the emergency department?
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In a Japanese 'North American-style' emergency department, AMI patients treated with reperfusion therapy (primarily PCI) had a low in-hospital mortality of 4.9%, comparable to specialized cardiovascular centers.
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Nakamura et al. (2003) studied this question.
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