Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 2022; 119(5): 764-765
Having Symptoms of an Acute Myocardial Infarction? Call Your Emergency Medical Service Immediately!
This Short Editorial is referred by the Research article "Assessment of the Impact of the Implementation of a Pre-Hospital Ambulance System on Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality in a Developing Country".
Timely reperfusion of the occluded coronary arteries is critical to saving at-risk ischemic myocardial cells in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). This fact led to the concept of “Time is Muscle” related to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) management.
Independently of what reperfusion strategy is chosen (lytics or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)), the time from symptom onset to successful reperfusion is critical to the patient’s short- and long-term prognosis.,
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Having Symptoms of an Acute Myocardial Infarction? Call Your Emergency Medical Service Immediately!
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