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Does air transport reduce time to catheterisation laboratory arrival compared to ground transport in STEMI patients outside a 30-minute driving distance to a PCI centre?
Observational (n=450)
Does air transport reduce time to catheterisation laboratory arrival compared to ground transport in STEMI patients outside a 30-minute driving distance to a PCI centre?
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Physician-staffed helicopter transport significantly reduces system delays, including time to catheterization laboratory and balloon inflation, for STEMI patients located more than 30 minutes from a PCI center.
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Hesselfeldt et al. (2013) conducted an observational in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) (n=450). Air transport vs. Ground transport was evaluated on Time from ECG consistent with STEMI to arrival in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory (p=<0.01).
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