"s.carley" wrote:
>
> I am still confused (maybe just thick). Are we talking about patients in
> whom you are finding ST elevation infarction, signs of cardiac ischaemia or
> evidence of old infarction on the ECG.
>
> Simon
>
> Simon Carley
>
ST segment elevation, in the absence of the "typical" constellation of
symptoms suggesting acute coronary syndrome (though patients often
complain of non-specific numbness, general autonomic symptoms, etc.).
Just to reiterate, these patients are not being considered for
pre-hospital thrombolysis.
Anton
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