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Rita Redberg recommends that low- and intermediate-risk patients receive thrombolytics if primary PCI is not readily available and that high-risk patients be transferred only if door-in to door-out (DIDO) time would be close to 30 minutes. Rita wants to know: “Do you think that it's time to rethink our approach to STEMI patients or should we double down on trying to improve DIDO?” Tell her here.
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