When Is Door-to-Balloon Time Critical? Analysis From the HORIZONS-AMI (Harmonizing Outcomes with Revascularization and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction) and CADILLAC (Controlled Abciximab and Device Investigation to Lower Late Angioplasty Complications) Trials
Brodie BR, Gersh BJ, Stuckey T, Witzenbichler B, Guagliumi G, Peruga JZ, Dudek D, Grines CL, Cox D, Parise H, Prasad A, Lansky AJ, Mehran R, Stone GW. When Is Door-to-Balloon Time Critical? Analysis From the HORIZONS-AMI (Harmonizing Outcomes with Revascularization and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction) and CADILLAC (Controlled Abciximab and Device Investigation to Lower Late Angioplasty Complications) Trials. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2010, 56: 407-413. PMID: 20650362, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.04.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionLower mortality rateHigh-risk patientsPercutaneous coronary interventionMortality rateEarly presentationCoronary interventionClinical riskST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionSimilar relative risk reductionsHORIZONS-AMI trialElevation myocardial infarctionRelative risk reductionNon-percutaneous coronary intervention hospitalsMortality rate reductionImpact of doorCADILLAC trialHORIZONS-AMIAntithrombotic therapyReperfusion therapyBalloon timeIntervention hospitalsAbsolute benefitLate presentationMyocardial infarction