Key result
Implementation of a telemedicine program for STEMI care achieved a 30-day mortality rate of 8.2% and enabled 90.9% of admitted patients to undergo primary percutaneous coronary intervention.
Why the study?
Communication among emergency care units and tertiary services is difficult, prompting telemedicine systems like the Latin America Telemedicine Infarct Network to optimize stages from triage to treatment and facilitate transfer to the cath lab.
Cohort (n=110)
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Telemedicine-linked STEMI care was associated with lower mortality; hypothesis-generating for network expansion, pending randomized trials.
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França et al. (2020) conducted a cohort in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) (n=110). Telemedicine program (LATIN) vs. Public health system (historical) was evaluated on 30-day mortality. Implementation of a telemedicine program for STEMI care achieved a 30-day mortality rate of 8.2% and enabled 90.9% of admitted patients to undergo primary percutaneous coronary intervention.
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