August 23, 2011Open Access

Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the United States, 2005 to 2010

Structured PICO

Population

Patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction who undergo primary percutaneous coronary intervention in the United States

Intervention

Primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Outcome

Door-to-balloon time

National progress was achieved in reducing door-to-balloon times for STEMI patients undergoing primary PCI in the US from 2005 to 2010.

Abstract

National progress has been achieved in the timeliness of treatment of patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction who undergo primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

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Krumholz et al. (Tue,) studied this question.

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