The Tradeoff between Travel Time from Home to Hospital and Door to Balloon Time in Determining Mortality among STEMI Patients Undergoing PCI

BACKGROUND: In ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), even in presence of short door to balloon time (DTBT), timely reperfusion with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is hampered by pre-hospital delays. Travel time (TT) constitutes a relevant part of these delays and may contribu...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Di Domenicantonio, Riccardo, Cappai, Giovanna, Sciattella, Paolo, Belleudi, Valeria, Di Martino, Mirko, Agabiti, Nera, Mataloni, Francesca, Ricci, Roberto, Perucci, Carlo Alberto, Davoli, Marina, Fusco, Danilo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4918978/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27336859
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158336
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