2019
The relationship between off-hours admissions for primary percutaneous coronary intervention, door-to-balloon time and mortality for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction in England: a registry-based prospective national cohort study
Jayawardana S, Salas-Vega S, Cornehl F, Krumholz HM, Mossialos E. The relationship between off-hours admissions for primary percutaneous coronary intervention, door-to-balloon time and mortality for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction in England: a registry-based prospective national cohort study. BMJ Quality & Safety 2019, 29: 541-549. PMID: 31831635, PMCID: PMC7362773, DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-010067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionOff-hours admissionPercutaneous coronary interventionDTB timeCoronary interventionBalloon timeST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patientsElevation myocardial infarction patientsProspective national cohort studyST-elevation myocardial infarctionCent of admissionsMedian DTB timeOff-hour effectPatient risk factorsProspective observational studyRecords of patientsPrimary outcome measureNational cohort studyTimeliness of careMyocardial infarction patientsHierarchical logistic regression modelsLogistic regression modelsHospital mortalityCohort studySecondary outcomes
2014
Relation between door-to-balloon times and mortality after primary percutaneous coronary intervention over time: a retrospective study
Nallamothu BK, Normand SL, Wang Y, Hofer TP, Brush JE, Messenger JC, Bradley EH, Rumsfeld JS, Krumholz HM. Relation between door-to-balloon times and mortality after primary percutaneous coronary intervention over time: a retrospective study. The Lancet 2014, 385: 1114-1122. PMID: 25467573, PMCID: PMC4409657, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(14)61932-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionD2B timePercutaneous coronary interventionPopulation of patientsHospital mortalityBalloon timeCoronary interventionRetrospective studyMortality riskNational Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI RegistryST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patientsProcedural factorsStudy periodMyocardial infarction patientsNumber of patientsShorter D2B timesPopulation levelSecular trendsAbsence of associationPrimary PCICathPCI RegistryElderly patientsBlood InstituteEntire cohortAverage door