TY - JOUR
T1 - Pre-hospital 12 lead ECG to triage ST elevation myocardial infarction and long term improvements in door to balloon times: The first 1000 patients from the MonAMI project
AU - Hutchison, Adam
AU - Malaiapan, Yuvaraj
AU - Cameron, James Donald
AU - Meredith, Ian T
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Pre-hospital ECG is one strategy to improve door to balloon times (D2BT), however its long term effectiveness to sustain reductions in D2BT has not been evaluated. METHODS: From 2007 to 2011 we conducted a prospective interventional study involving 1000 patients undergoing primary PCI (PPCI) at a single tertiary referral institution to determine the long term impact of pre-hospital 12 lead ECG on D2BT. RESULTS: The median D2BT of patients (n=414) who underwent PPCI following field 12-lead ECG was 54min [IQR: 37-71min] compared to the median time of a contemporary group (n=586) undergoing PPCI during the same period but not presenting via field triage of 100min [74-134] (p
AB - Pre-hospital ECG is one strategy to improve door to balloon times (D2BT), however its long term effectiveness to sustain reductions in D2BT has not been evaluated. METHODS: From 2007 to 2011 we conducted a prospective interventional study involving 1000 patients undergoing primary PCI (PPCI) at a single tertiary referral institution to determine the long term impact of pre-hospital 12 lead ECG on D2BT. RESULTS: The median D2BT of patients (n=414) who underwent PPCI following field 12-lead ECG was 54min [IQR: 37-71min] compared to the median time of a contemporary group (n=586) undergoing PPCI during the same period but not presenting via field triage of 100min [74-134] (p
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1443950613010950
U2 - 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.07.014
DO - 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.07.014
M3 - Article
VL - 22
SP - 910
EP - 916
JO - Heart Lung and Circulation
JF - Heart Lung and Circulation
SN - 1443-9506
IS - 11
ER -