Door-to-balloon times under 90 min can be routinely achieved for patients transferred for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction percutaneous coronary intervention in a rural setting

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 272-279

  Blankenship, James C ^a   Scott, Thomas D ^a   Skelding, Kimberly A ^a   Haldis, Thomas A ^b   Tompkins Weber, Karen ^a   Sledgen, Marie Y ^a   Donegan, Michael A ^c   Buckley, Jeremy W ^d   Sartorius, Jennifer A ^e   Hodgson, John McB ^a   Berger, Peter B ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MeritCare Hospital   (United States)

^c Evangelical Community Hospital   (United States)

^d Fairfield Medical Center   (United States)

^e GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

myocardial infarction; reperfusion time; STEMI systems; stents.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78651341980     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.06.056     Document Type: Article

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