Relation between door-to-balloon times and mortality after primary percutaneous coronary intervention over time: a retrospective study
Nallamothu BK, Normand SL, Wang Y, Hofer TP, Brush JE, Messenger JC, Bradley EH, Rumsfeld JS, Krumholz HM. Relation between door-to-balloon times and mortality after primary percutaneous coronary intervention over time: a retrospective study. The Lancet 2014, 385: 1114-1122. PMID: 25467573, PMCID: PMC4409657, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(14)61932-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionD2B timePercutaneous coronary interventionPopulation of patientsHospital mortalityBalloon timeCoronary interventionRetrospective studyMortality riskNational Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI RegistryST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patientsProcedural factorsStudy periodMyocardial infarction patientsNumber of patientsShorter D2B timesPopulation levelSecular trendsAbsence of associationPrimary PCICathPCI RegistryElderly patientsBlood InstituteEntire cohortAverage door