What does an infarct mean on an EKG? An "infarct" isa heart attack. The EKG has characteristic findings of heart attack, which can be localized to a particular part of the heart. In your case, that is the bottom part of the heart, which is supplied by the right coronary artery. What...
HOW DO DOOR TO EKG (D2EKG) AND DOOR TO NEEDLE (D2N) TIMES FOR NEW BRUNSWICK STEMI PATIENTS COMPARE TO CURRENT GUIDELINES? - Canadian Journal of Cardiologydoi:10.1016/j.cjca.2015.07.035White, A.S.Saint John, New Brunswick;Hassan, A....
Door to EKG time (D2EKG) ≤ 10 minutes and door to needle time (D2N) ≤ 30 minutes are accepted benchmarks for patients undergoing thrombolysis. This study looked at two questions: (1) What are D2EKG and D2N times for patients presenting with STEMI in New Brunswick and (2) Is there...