Current clinical practice regarding surveillance period and length of hospital stay after an ST elevation myocardial infarction is very variable among different countries and hospitals. In general, there has been a significant reduction in length of stay overall, which is mainly due to the increasing use of primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Length of stay after a ST elevation myocardial infaction, which is a rather common event, has a major impact on health care costs and patients' quality of life. We try to evaluate how far we could push the limits.
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