Acute myocardial infarction under-diagnosis and mortality in a Tanzanian emergency department: a prospective observational study

BACKGROUND: Growing evidence suggests that under-diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) may be common in sub-Saharan Africa. Prospective studies of routine AMI screening among patients presenting to emergency departments in sub-Saharan Africa are lacking. Our objective was to determine the p...

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Published in:Am Heart J
Main Authors: Hertz, Julian T., Sakita, Francis M., Kweka, Godfrey L., Limkakeng, Alexander T., Galson, Sophie W., Ye, Jinny J., Tarimo, Tumsifu G., Temu, Gloria, Thielman, Nathan M., Bettger, Janet P., Bartlett, John A., Mmbaga, Blandina T., Bloomfield, Gerald S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7442678/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32619815
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2020.05.017
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