Willem Stassen
Doctorate
Doctorate Title: Coronary Care Networks in the Resource-limited Setting: Improving systems of care in South Africa.
Doctorate Description: To examine the current state of coronary care networks in South Africa and to examine feasible ways to improve access to timely reperfusion strategies.
Details:
Type: PhD
University: Karolinska Institutet
Primary Supervisor: Prof L Kurland & L Wallis
Category: Cardiology and Respiratory
Funding: Self-funded
Start Date: 2014
End Date: 2018
Status: Complete
Thesis
Awaiting
Research Interests
Emergency care systems in low- to middle income countries; Prehospital emergency care: clinical research; Telephonic disease prediction and triage models
Publications
Stassen W, Wallis LA, Vincent-Lambert C, Castren M, Kurland L. Percutaneous coronary intervention still not accessible for many South Africans. Afr J Emerg Med. 2017.
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