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. 2018 Dec;15(12):732-737.
doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2018.12.001.

Perspective of delay in door-to-balloon time among Asian population

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Perspective of delay in door-to-balloon time among Asian population

Long Li et al. J Geriatr Cardiol. 2018 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: Door-to-balloon time; Primary percutaneous coronary intervention; ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; Written consent.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Comparison of D2B process flow chart between the center of the authors (A) and D2B alliance (B).
Path #1, patients arrived at the emergency department without pre-hospital electrocardiograms; Path #2 patients arrived at the emergency department with pre-hospital electrocardiograms. Cath lab: catheterization laboratory; D2B: door-to-balloon; ECG: electrocardiogram; ED: emergency department; EMS: emergency medical service; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; Pt: patient; STEMI: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

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