Time Delay to Treatment and Mortality in Primary Angioplasty for Acute Myocardial Infarction

De Luca, Giuseppe; Suryapranata, Harry; Paul Ottervanger, Jan; M. Antman, Elliott

doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000121424.76486.20

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Time Delay to Treatment and Mortality in Primary Angioplasty for Acute Myocardial Infarction

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Authors:

Giuseppe De Luca

Harry Suryapranata

Jan Paul Ottervanger

Abstract

Background— Although the relationship between mortality and time delay to treatment has been demonstrated in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated by thrombolysis, the impact of time delay on prognosis in patients undergoing primary angioplasty has yet to be ...

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