Why the study?
Does improvement in door-to-balloon time correlate with improvements in other care processes and mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
Does improvement in door-to-balloon time correlate with improvements in other care processes and mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
Improvements in door-to-balloon times for AMI patients do not necessarily correlate with improvements in other quality measures or in-hospital mortality, highlighting the need for comprehensive quality-improvement efforts.
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DTB improvements alone should not be assumed to enhance composite quality or survival; leaves open whether multifaceted AMI initiatives are required.
Wang et al. (2009) studied this question.
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