Importance of time to reperfusion on outcomes with primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction (results from the Stent Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction Trial)
Brodie B, Stone G, Morice M, Cox D, Garcia E, Mattos L, Boura J, O’Neill W, Stuckey T, Milks S, Lansky A, Grines C, Group F. Importance of time to reperfusion on outcomes with primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction (results from the Stent Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction Trial). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2001, 88: 1085-1090. PMID: 11703949, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(01)02039-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyPrimary PTCAAcute myocardial infarctionCardiogenic shockCoronary angioplastyMyocardial infarctionMyocardial Infarction (TIMI) grade 3 flowPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyInfarct artery reocclusionStent-PAMI trialGrade 3 flowPrimary coronary angioplastyTransluminal coronary angioplastyTriage of patientsArtery reocclusionMortality benefitSurvival benefitEjection fractionLate reperfusionClinical outcomesMyocardial salvageThrombolytic therapyReperfusionPatientsLack of correlation