Open AccessIs Door‐to‐Balloon Time the Best Metric to Assess Successful Treatment of STEMI?
Author(s) -
Conti C. Richard
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.20911
Subject(s) - medicine , conventional pci , door to balloon , percutaneous coronary intervention , metric (unit) , balloon , cardiology , intervention (counseling) , myocardial infarction , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , operations management , nursing , cath lab , economics
In 2011, all cardiologists believe that rapid opening of the infarct‐related artery is critical to enhanced survival. The preferred way to open an occluded vessel is percutaneous intervention (PCI), but thrombolytic therapy remains a viable option in hospitals when PCI capability is not immediately available. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. The author has no funding, financial relationships, or conflicts of interest to disclose.