Impact of Delay to Angioplasty in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Invasive Management Analysis From the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) Trial
Sorajja P, Gersh BJ, Cox DA, McLaughlin MG, Zimetbaum P, Costantini C, Stuckey T, Tcheng JE, Mehran R, Lansky AJ, Grines CL, Stone GW. Impact of Delay to Angioplasty in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Invasive Management Analysis From the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) Trial. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2010, 55: 1416-1424. PMID: 20359590, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.11.063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionAcute coronary syndromeCoronary syndromeACUITY trialNSTE-ACSCoronary interventionIndependent predictorsClinical presentationMyocardial infarctionSegment elevation acute coronary syndromesTiming of PCIElevation acute coronary syndromeAdverse ischemic outcomesInvasive management strategyNSTE-ACS patientsHigh-risk featuresSignificant independent predictorsPaucity of dataComposite ischemiaIschemic outcomesUrgent angiographyImpact of delayLate mortalityMultivariable analysisOutcome analysis