Two of the world renowned cardiologists of Indian origin, Dr. Sameer Mehta & Dr. Shirish Hiremath chat about current challenges and opportunities to improve care of Indian patients with heart attack. Medically known as ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STMI), Dr. Hiremath highlights key challenges in India such as delayed presentation, lack of awareness and sometimes trust levels of patient in the overall health system. Both Dr.Mehta and Dr.Hiremath agree that family physician is a key link who if empowered with right knowledge and education can be catalyst in ensuring early access to most efffective pharmaco or interventional therapy to improve patients outcomes.
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