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Table 1 Delay from symptom onset to arrival in hospital in AMI (including studies published the year 2000 and later)

From: Early identification and delay to treatment in myocardial infarction and stroke: differences and similarities

Ref

Diagnosis

n

Country

Delay

(hour; median)

Year

38

AMI

526

Italy

3.5

2001

39

AMI

   

2003

  

192

USA

3.5

 
  

127

South Korea

4.5

 
  

136

Japan

4.5

 
  

141

England

2.5

 
  

317

Australia

6.5

 

41

AMI

194

USA

3.0

2003

40

ACS

250

Denmark

2.0

2004

42

ACS

100

New Zealand

4.0

2006

43

AMI

239

USA

2.5

2006

44

AMI

178

Turkey

2.0

2006

45

ACS

204

Lebanon

4.5

2006

46

ACS

1939

Sweden

2.5

2007

  1. Range: 2.0 h-6.5 h Mean = 3.5 h
  2. AMI = Acute myocardial infarction
  3. ACS = Acute coronary syndrome