Pre-hospital 12 Lead ECG to Triage ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Long Term Improvements in Door to Balloon Times: The First 1000 Patients From the MonAMI Project

• Published in: Heart, lung & circulation Vol. 22; no. 11; pp. 910 - 916
• Main Authors: Hutchison, Adam W., MBBS, Malaiapan, Yuvaraj, MBBS, Cameron, James D., MD, Meredith, Ian T., MBBS, PhD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Elsevier B.V 01.11.2013
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; Cardiovascular; Door to balloon; Electrocardiography; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial Infarction - complications; Myocardial Infarction - diagnosis; Myocardial Infarction - physiopathology; Myocardial Infarction - therapy; Pre-hospital ECG; Prospective Studies; Retrospective Studies; STEMI; Time Factors; Myocardial infarction; Electrocardiography; STEMI; Pre-hospital ECG; Door to balloon

Background Pre-hospital ECG is one strategy to improve door to balloon times (D2BT), however its long term effectiveness to sustain reductions in D2BT has not been evaluated. Methods From 2007 to 2011 we conducted a prospective interventional study involving 1000 patients undergoing primary PCI (PPC...