Door-to-balloon time and mortality in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary angioplasty.
Basheer KarkabiGal MeirBarak ZafrirRonen JaffeSalim AdawiIdit LaviMoshe Y FlugelmanAvinoam ShiranPublished in: European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes (2022)
Mortality and non-fatal complications did not differ significantly between STEMI patients before and after a quality improvement intervention. However, the number of patients treated within 55 min from arrival was significantly higher after the intervention; and coronary intervention within this time was associated with a lower death rate.
Keyphrases
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- randomized controlled trial
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- end stage renal disease
- coronary artery disease
- cardiovascular events
- ejection fraction
- risk factors
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- acute coronary syndrome
- heart failure
- cardiovascular disease
- aortic stenosis
- atrial fibrillation