AU - abbasi, naser AU - Moghaddamnia, Mohammad taghi AU - Ghanbari khaneghah, Atefeh AU - Alizadeh, Rahim AU - Kazemnezhad leili, Ehsan TI - Factors influencing the time interval from the onset of clinical symptoms to thrombolytic infusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - IJCN JN - IJCN VO - 4 VI - 4 IP - 4 4099 - http://journal.icns.org.ir/article-1-332-en.html 4100 - http://journal.icns.org.ir/article-1-332-en.pdf SO - IJCN 4 ABĀ  - AbstractAim. The purpose of this study was to determine factors influencing the time interval from the onset of clinical symptoms to thrombolytic infusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction Background.Acute myocardial infarction is one of the most common causes of death and disability all over the world including Iran. The major cause of myocardial infarction, is the clot of blood in the coronary atherosclerotic plaques. Immediate administration of thrombolytic therapy in these patients can be life-saving. Method. This study was a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study in which 98 patients with acute myocardial infarction hospitalized in selected Rasht therapeutic centers were recruited by convenience sampling in 2014.Data collection instrument included demographic information form and researcher-made questionnaire to obtain patients' clinical, situational and cognitive factors. Data were collected through patients medical records and interview. Data were analyzed in SPSS version 21 using non-parametric Mann-Whitney and Kruskal Wallis tests and P CP - IRAN IN - Rasht, Iran (*Corresponding author) LG - eng PB - IJCN PG - 48 PT - Research YR - 2016