Prognostic impact of the presence of on-duty cardiologist on patients with acute myocardial infarction admitted during off-hours.

CONCLUSIONS: The presence of an on-duty cardiologist is not a prognostic factor for patients hospitalized for AMI during off-hours in our medical system. Further prospective multicenter studies should confirm our results.
PMID: 32199752 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Cardiology - March 17, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Marume K, Nagatomo K, Yamamoto N, Kaichi R, Mori T, Komaki S, Ishii M, Kusaka H, Toida R, Kurogi K, Nagamine Y, Takashio S, Arima Y, Sakamoto K, Yamamoto E, Kaikita K, Tsujita K Tags: J Cardiol Source Type: research