Myocardial salvage and mortality in STEMI: A race against ischemic time

Key Points Total ischemic time (IT) and door‐to‐balloon time (DBT) are two important measures in patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). IT is a better predictor of cardiovascular outcomes than DTB, including infarct size and mortality, in STEMI patients treated with primar...

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Published in:Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions 2016-06, Vol.87 (7), p.1201-1202
Main Authors: Sardar, M. Rizwan, Dawn Abbott, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
Electrocardiography
Heart attacks
Humans
Myocardial Infarction
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Salvage
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Key Points Total ischemic time (IT) and door‐to‐balloon time (DBT) are two important measures in patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). IT is a better predictor of cardiovascular outcomes than DTB, including infarct size and mortality, in STEMI patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention. IT should be adopted as a standard metric to measure quality of care in STEMI, and will help to promote improvements to our health care delivery system.
ISSN:1522-1946
1522-726X
DOI:10.1002/ccd.26599