Association of Door-In to Door-Out Time With Reperfusion Delays and Outcomes Among Patients Transferred for Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Wang TY, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM, Li S, Roe MT, Jollis JG, Jacobs AK, Holmes DR, Peterson ED, Ting HH. Association of Door-In to Door-Out Time With Reperfusion Delays and Outcomes Among Patients Transferred for Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. JAMA 2011, 305: 2540-2547. PMID: 21693742, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.862.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryCohort StudiesFemaleHospital MortalityHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionMyocardial ReperfusionOdds RatioPatient AdmissionPatient DischargePatient TransferQuality Indicators, Health CareReferral and ConsultationRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionST-elevation myocardial infarctionPrimary PCIPercutaneous coronary interventionDIDO timeHospital mortalityDTB timeCoronary interventionReperfusion delayFirst hospital presentationMedian DIDO timeOff-hour presentationSTEMI referral hospitalsClinical performance measuresHospital presentationAbsolute contraindicationBalloon timeRetrospective cohortReferral hospitalInterhospital transferACTION RegistryFemale sexMyocardial infarctionFirst HospitalPatient outcomes