Why the study?
Does an inter-hospital transfer strategy for primary PCI increase in-hospital and 1-year cardiac mortality compared to on-site primary PCI in patients with STEMI?
Population
3296 patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous…
Comparison
Primary percutaneous intervention after… vs On-site primary percutaneous intervention
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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Transfer strategy shows no excess cardiac mortality versus on-site pPCI; leaves open optimal STEMI network design pending randomized confirmation.
Does an inter-hospital transfer strategy for primary PCI increase in-hospital and 1-year cardiac mortality compared to on-site primary PCI in patients with STEMI?
An inter-hospital transfer strategy for primary PCI in STEMI patients within an organized regional network achieves favorable short- and long-term clinical outcomes comparable to on-site primary PCI.
Manari et al. (2008) studied this question.