| Literature DB >> 15904644 |
Giuseppe De Luca1, Nicolette Ernst, Harry Suryapranata, Jan Paul Ottervanger, Jan C A Hoorntje, A T Marcel Gosselink, Jan-Henk Dambrink, Menko-Jan de Boer, Arnoud W J van 't Hof.
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of interhospital delay on mortality in 616 patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction transferred for primary angioplasty to our hospital. Longer interhospital delay was associated with impaired perfusion, larger infarct size, and higher 1-year mortality (adjusted RR 1.5, 95% confidence interval 1.07 to 2.12; p = 0.019). These results suggest that in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction transferred for primary angioplasty, all efforts should be made to reduce time to treatment.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15904644 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.01.083
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Cardiol ISSN: 0002-9149 Impact factor: 2.778