Barriers Associated With Door-to-Balloon Delay in Contemporary Japanese Practice
Ikemura N, Sawano M, Shiraishi Y, Ueda I, Miyata H, Numasawa Y, Noma S, Suzuki M, Momiyama Y, Inohara T, Hayashida K, Yuasa S, Maekawa Y, Fukuda K, Kohsaka S. Barriers Associated With Door-to-Balloon Delay in Contemporary Japanese Practice. Circulation Journal 2017, 81: cj-16-0905. PMID: 28228609, DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-16-0905.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsST-elevation myocardial infarctionDTB timeSTEMI patientsMedian DTB timeProspective multicenter databaseShorter DTB timeUse of IABPPeripheral artery diseaseLow-volume institutionsPrior revascularizationVA-ECMOMultiple comorbiditiesPrimary PCIBalloon timeSymptom onsetArtery diseaseHeart failureIndependent predictorsMulticenter databaseBalloon delayMyocardial infarctionPatientsStudy periodTime trendsImportant quality indicator