Pre-hospital management of acute coronary syndrome patients in Belgium and Luxembourg and other Western European countries : a subset analysis of results from the observational, longitudinal cohort study EPICOR

Abstract: Objectives This sub-analysis of the EPICOR study describes pre-hospital care (PHC) patterns in Belgium, Luxembourg (Belux) and Western European (WEU) countries (Finland, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, UK, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, France, Italy, Greece and Germany). Methods and results EPICOR (NCT01171404) is a multinational, observational study comprising patients with acute coronary syndrome hospitalized within 24 h of symptoms onset, diagnosed with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non-STEMI (NSTEMI) or unstable angina (UA). Of the 325 WEU centres, 37 were i... Mehr ...