Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2017
Symptom-to-door delay among patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in Singapore.
Symptom-to-door time (S2D) is one of the important components of ischaemic time, which might affect the infarct size and outcomes of acute myocardial infarction. The aim of the present study was to identify patients' characteristics associated with delayed symptom-onset-to-arrival at EDs in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients in Singapore. ⋯ The present study shows that longer S2D was associated with older age, ethnicity, diabetes mellitus, delay in receiving early reperfusion treatment and poorer prognosis.