Temporal Trends in Care and Outcomes of Patients Receiving Fibrinolytic Therapy Compared to Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the Get With The Guidelines Coronary Artery Disease (GWTG‐CAD) Registry
Hira R, Bhatt D, Fonarow G, Heidenreich P, Ju C, Virani S, Bozkurt B, Petersen L, Hernandez A, Schwamm L, Eapen Z, Albert M, Liang L, Matsouaka R, Peterson E, Jneid H. Temporal Trends in Care and Outcomes of Patients Receiving Fibrinolytic Therapy Compared to Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the Get With The Guidelines Coronary Artery Disease (GWTG‐CAD) Registry. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2016, 5: e004113. PMID: 27792640, PMCID: PMC5121508, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.116.004113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCohort StudiesDatabases, FactualFemaleFibrinolytic AgentsGuideline AdherenceHospital MortalityHumansMaleMiddle AgedOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CarePercutaneous Coronary InterventionPractice Guidelines as TopicRegistriesST Elevation Myocardial InfarctionThrombolytic TherapyTime-to-TreatmentConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionST-elevation myocardial infarctionDefect-free careUse of fibrinolysisPercutaneous coronary interventionPCI-capable hospitalsNeedle timeHospital mortalitySTEMI patientsBalloon timeCoronary interventionMedian doorUse of PCIGuidelines-Coronary Artery Disease databaseGuidelines-Coronary Artery Disease registryCoronary Artery Disease registryHospital mortality outcomesOutcomes of patientsMinutes of arrivalPPCI patientsTimely reperfusionReperfusion therapyFibrinolytic therapyMortality outcomesMyocardial infarction