European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on May 4, 2005
European Heart Journal 2005 26(13):1343; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi300
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Reduction of treatment delay in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: impact of pre-hospital diagnosis and direct referral to primary percutaneous intervention
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We were interested to read the paper by Terkelsen et al.1 describing pre-hospital identification, by physicians, of patients suitable for