Trends in Door-to-Balloon Time and Mortality in Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention | Zendy

Anneliese Flynn | Zendy; Mauro Moscucci | Zendy; David Share | Zendy; Dean E. Smith | Zendy; Thomas LaLonde | Zendy; Hameem Changezi | Zendy; Arthur Riba | Zendy; Hitinder S. Gurm | Zendy

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Trends in Door-to-Balloon Time and Mortality in Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Author(s) -

Anneliese Flynn,

Mauro Moscucci,

David Share,

Dean E. Smith,

Thomas LaLonde,

Hameem Changezi,

Arthur Riba,

Hitinder S. Gurm

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.381

Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , door to balloon , myocardial infarction , cardiology , primary angioplasty

In patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who are undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, current guidelines for reperfusion therapy recommend a door-to-balloon (DTB) time of less than 90 minutes. Considerable effort has focused on reducing DTB time with the assumption that a reduction in DTB time translates into a significant reduction in mortality; however, the clinical impact of this effort has not been evaluated. Therefore, our objective was to determine whether a decline in DTB time in patients with STEMI was associated with an improvement in clinical outcomes.

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