Prognostic significance of emergency department bypass in stable and unstable patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention, direct transport from the scene to the catheterisation laboratory bypassing the emergency department has been shown to shorten times to reperfusion. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of emergency department bypass on mortality in both haemodynamically stable and unstable STEMI patients.

Methods

The analysis is based on a large cohort of STEMI patients prospectively included in the German multicentre Feedback Intervention and Treatment Times in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (FITT-STEMI) trial.

Results

Out of 13,219 STEMI patients who were brought directly from the scene by emergency medical service transportation and were tr

SUBMITTER: Scholz KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7047304 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature