Before the door: Comparing factors affecting symptom onset to first medical contact for STEMI patients between a high and low-middle income country.

Balbaa, Amira; ElGuindy, Ahmed; Pericak, Dan; Natarajan, Madhu K; Schwalm, J D

Balbaa, Amira; ElGuindy, Ahmed; Pericak, Dan; Natarajan, Madhu K; Schwalm, J D.

Affiliation

Balbaa A; University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada.
ElGuindy A; Department of Cardiology, Aswan Heart Centre - Magdi Yacoub Foundation. Aswan, Egypt.
Pericak D; National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Natarajan MK; McMaster University, Department of Medicine, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Schwalm JD; McMaster University, Department of Medicine, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc ; 39: 100978, 2022 Apr.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35402688

Key words

AHC, Aswan Heart Center; Barriers; DM, Diabetes Miletus; EMS, Emergency medical services; FMC, first medical contact; Fist medical contact; HGH, Hamilton General Hospital; HIC, High-income country; HT, Hypertension; LMIC, low- and middle-income countries; Low-middle income; MI, Myocardial infarction; REB, Research ethics board; RSQ, Response to Systems Questionnaire; SD, standard deviation; SO, Symptom onset; STEMI; STEMI, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; Symptom onset

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Language: En Journal: Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc Year: 2022 Type: Article Affiliation country: Canada

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