Le Journal médical libanais. The Lebanese medical journal
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To verify if the management of acute transmural myocardial infarction in a university hospital, follows the international guidelines of the ACC/AHA. ⋯ The management of acute transmural myocardial infarction at our institution follows the international guidelines. However, the delay between the onset of symptoms and arrival to the hospital needs to be shortened. Public awareness campaigns should be useful for that purpose. In addition, the treatment on discharge should be improved.