Exploring In-hospital Death from Myocardial Infarction in Eastern Europe; From the International Registry of Acute Coronary Syndromes in Transitional Countries (ISACS-TC); on the behalf of the Working Group on Coronary Pathophysiology & Microcirculation of the European Society of Cardiology.

Conclusion: In-hospital STEMI case-fatality rates ranges widely in the former Eastern Bloc countries. Beyond the quality of care provided in hospitals, differences in time delay from symptoms onset to hospital admission may strongly influence STEMI patients' outcome. PMID: 23607683 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Current Vascular Pharmacology - April 22, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Bugiardini R, Manfrini O, Majstorovic Stakic M, Cenko E, Boytsov S, Merkely B, Becker D, Dilić M, Vasiljević Z, Koller A, Badimon L Tags: Curr Vasc Pharmacol Source Type: research