Improved Survival Associated With Pre-Hospital Triage Strategy in a Large Regional ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Program

• Published in: JACC. Cardiovascular interventions Vol. 5; no. 12; pp. 1239 - 1246
• Main Authors: Chan, Albert W., MD, Kornder, Jan, MD, Elliott, Helen, RN, Brown, Robert I., MD, Dorval, Jean-Francois, MD, Charania, Jay, MD, Zhang, Ruth, MSc, Ding, Lillian, MSc, Lalani, Akbar, MD, Kuritzky, Robin A., MD, Simkus, Gerald J., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2012
• Subjects: Aged; angioplasty; Cardiovascular; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; mortality; myocardial infarction; Myocardial Infarction - mortality; Myocardial Infarction - physiopathology; Myocardial Infarction - surgery; Patient Transfer; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; Prospective Studies; Regional Medical Programs; Survival Rate; Triage - methods; United States; United States; CI; first medical contact; myocardial infarction; Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction; percutaneous coronary intervention; TIMI; PCI; mortality; STEMI; confidence interval; ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; FMC; angioplasty

Objectives This study sought to compare the 1-year survival of patients diagnosed with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and transferred via pre-hospital triage strategy for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with those transferred via inter-hospital transfer within a...