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ACS in developing countries—insights from the ACCESS registry

Nature Reviews Cardiology volume 9, page 67 (2012)Cite this article

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The management of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East is more conservative than in Europe and the USA, although 1-year mortality is comparable. These findings from the ACCESS registry are reported in the American Heart Journal.

Between January 2007 and January 2008, 11,731 patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or non-STEMI from 19 developing countries were prospectively enrolled in the ACCESS registry. The duration between symptom onset and hospitalization was shorter in patients with STEMI (representing 46% of all patients) than non-STEMI (4 h vs 6 h; P <0.0001).

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ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER

  1. The ACCESS Investigators. Management of acute coronary syndromes in developing countries: ACute Coronary Events—a multinational Survey of current management Strategies. Am. Heart J. 162, 852–859.e22 (2011)

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King, A. ACS in developing countries—insights from the ACCESS registry. Nat Rev Cardiol 9, 67 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2011.195

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