Door-to-Balloon Time and Mortality among Patients Undergoing Primary PCI
Menees DS, Peterson ED, Wang Y, Curtis JP, Messenger JC, Rumsfeld JS, Gurm HS. Door-to-Balloon Time and Mortality among Patients Undergoing Primary PCI. New England Journal Of Medicine 2013, 369: 901-909. PMID: 24004117, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1208200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionPrimary PCIST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionElevation myocardial infarctionBalloon timeHospital mortalityMyocardial infarctionNational quality improvement initiativePercentage of patientsPercutaneous coronary interventionQuality improvement initiativesMedicare data setSignificant overall changeCathPCI RegistryCoronary interventionMedian doorSubgroup analysis