Pre-hospital electrocardiogram triage with tele-cardiology support is associated with shorter time-to-balloon and higher rates of timely reperfusion even in rural areas: Data from the Bari- Barletta/Andria/Trani public emergency medical service 118 registry on primary angioplasty in ST-elevation myocardial infarction

European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 204-213

  Brunetti, Natale Daniele ^a   di Pietro, Gaetano ^b   Aquilino, Ambrogio ^c   Bruno, Angela I ^b   Dellegrottaglie, Giulia ^d   di Giuseppe, Giuseppe ^d   Lopriore, Claudio ^d   de Gennaro, Luisa ^a   Lanzone, Saverio ^e   Caldarola, Pasquale ^f   Antonelli, Gianfranco ^g   di Biase, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b 1 1 8 Emergency Medical Service Apulia   (Italy)

^c Agenzia Regionale Sanitaria della Puglia   (Italy)

^d Cardio On Line Europe SRL ^*  (Italy)

^e DI VENERE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f San Paolo Hospital   (Italy)

^g POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; emergency medical service; pre hospital electrocardiogram; pre hospital triage; primary coronary angioplasty; ST elevation; Tele cardiology

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE; TIME TO TREATMENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; TELEMEDICINE; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TRIAGE;

EID: 84908233330     PISSN: 20488726     EISSN: 20488734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2048872614527009     Document Type: Article

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