Association of door-to-balloon time and mortality in patients admitted to hospital with ST elevation myocardial infarction: national cohort study
Rathore SS, Curtis JP, Chen J, Wang Y, Nallamothu BK, Epstein AJ, Krumholz HM, Registry F. Association of door-to-balloon time and mortality in patients admitted to hospital with ST elevation myocardial infarction: national cohort study. The BMJ 2009, 338: b1807. PMID: 19454739, PMCID: PMC2684578, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b1807.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionST-elevation myocardial infarctionElevation myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionBalloon timeCoronary interventionMyocardial infarctionCohort studyLower mortalityMultivariable logistic regression modelAssociation of doorIncremental mortality benefitProspective cohort studyNational cohort studyAcute care hospitalsLogistic regression modelsFractional polynomial modelsAdjusted riskLonger doorMedian doorMortality benefitCare hospitalOverall mortalityMAIN OUTCOMEAmerican College