Editorial Comment
STEMI Care in LMIC: Obstacles and Opportunities
Authors:
Karthik Murugiah,
Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale–New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, US
Sudhakar V. Nuti,
Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale–New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, US
Harlan M. Krumholz
Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale–New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT; Section of Cardiovascular Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, US
Abstract
Highlights
- India faces an epidemic of cardiovascular disease and ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and is in need of urgent solutions.
- Implementing effective systems in resource-poor settings has distinctive challenges.
- Universal health care is critical for the success of the STEMI-India model.
- Any physician should be able to identify STEMI and deliver appropriate fibrinolysis.
- To counter the epidemic of cardiovascular disease and STEMI, a nationalized program is needed.
Published on
01 Dec 2014.
Peer Reviewed
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