Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention as a National Reperfusion Strategy in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction | Zendy

Christian Juhl Terkelsen | Zendy; Lisette Okkels Jensen | Zendy; Hans Henrik Tilsted | Zendy; Per Thaysen | Zendy; Jan Ravkilde | Zendy; Søren Paaske Johnsen | Zendy; Sven Trautner | Zendy; Henning Andersen | Zendy; Leif Thuesen | Zendy; Jens Flensted Lassen | Zendy

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Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention as a National Reperfusion Strategy in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Author(s) -

Christian Juhl Terkelsen,

Lisette Okkels Jensen,

Hans Henrik Tilsted,

Per Thaysen,

Jan Ravkilde,

Søren Paaske Johnsen,

Sven Trautner,

Henning Andersen,

Leif Thuesen,

Jens Flensted Lassen

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

circulation cardiovascular interventions

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.621

H-Index - 95

eISSN - 1941-7632

pISSN - 1941-7640

DOI - 10.1161/circinterventions.111.962787

Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , myocardial infarction , conventional pci , triage , reperfusion therapy , st segment , cardiology , hazard ratio , population , emergency medicine , confidence interval , environmental health

In Denmark, primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) was chosen as a national reperfusion strategy for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in 2003. This study describes the temporal implementation of PPCI in Western Denmark, the gradual introduction of field triage for PPCI (patients rerouted from the scene of the event directly to the invasive center), and the associated outcome.

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