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Relation of interhospital delay and mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction transferred for primary coronary angioplasty

  • Giuseppe De Luca
  • , Nicolette Ernst
  • , Harry Suryapranata
  • , Jan Paul Ottervanger
  • , Jan C.A. Hoorntje
  • , A. T.Marcel Gosselink
  • , Jan Henk Dambrink
  • , Menko Jan De Boer
  • , Arnoud W.J. Van't Hof

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Abstract

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of interhospital delay on mortality in 616 patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction transferred for primary angioplasty to our hospital. Longer interhospital delay was associated with impaired perfusion, larger infarct size, and higher 1-year mortality (adjusted RR 1.5, 95% confidence interval 1.07 to 2.12; p = 0.019). These results suggest that in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction transferred for primary angioplasty, all efforts should be made to reduce time to treatment.

Lingua originaleInglese
pagine (da-a)1361-1363
Numero di pagine3
RivistaAmerican Journal of Cardiology
Volume95
Numero di pubblicazione11
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 1 giu 2005
Pubblicato esternamenteSì

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