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T1  - A prehospital randomised controlled trial in South Africa : Challenges and lessons learnt 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/305772 
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A1  - Stassen, Willem; Wallis, Lee; Castren, Maaret; Vincent-Lambert, Craig; Kurland, Lisa 
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Y1  - 2019 
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AB  - The incidence of cardiovascular disease and STEMI is on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa. Timely treatment is essential to reduce mortality. Internationally, prehospital 12 lead ECG telemetry has been proposed to reduce time to reperfusion. Its value in South Africa has not been established. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of prehospital 12 lead ECG telemetry on the PCI-times of STEMI patients in South Africa. A multicentre randomised controlled trial was attempted among adult pa... 
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KW  - ST-elevation myocardial infarction; South Africa; Telemedicine; Randomised controlled trials; Research methods; ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION; ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION; LIFE-SUPPORT PARAMEDICS; INFORMED-CONSENT; 12-LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; PRIMARY ANGIOPLASTY; EMERGENCY CARE; TO-BALLOON; TIME; REPERFUSION; 3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology 
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