TY - JOUR
T1 - Infarct size in primary angioplasty without on-site cardiac surgical backup versus transferal to a tertiary center: a single photon emission computed tomography study
AU - Knaapen, P.
AU - Mulder, M.
AU - van der Zant, F.M.
AU - Peels, H.O.
AU - Twisk, J.W.R.
AU - van Rossum, A.C.
AU - Cornel, J.H.
AU - Umans, V.A.
N1 - J EB
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Background: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) performed in large community hospitals without cardiac surgery back-up facilities (off-site) reduces door-to-balloon time compared with emergency transferal to tertiary interventional centers (on-site). The present study was performed to explore whether off-site PCI for acute myocardial infarction results in reduced infarct size. Methods and results: One hundred twenty-eight patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction were randomly assigned to undergo primary PCI at the off-site center (n=68) or to transferal to an on-site center (n=60). Three days after PCI,
AB - Background: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) performed in large community hospitals without cardiac surgery back-up facilities (off-site) reduces door-to-balloon time compared with emergency transferal to tertiary interventional centers (on-site). The present study was performed to explore whether off-site PCI for acute myocardial infarction results in reduced infarct size. Methods and results: One hundred twenty-eight patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction were randomly assigned to undergo primary PCI at the off-site center (n=68) or to transferal to an on-site center (n=60). Three days after PCI,
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U2 - 10.1007/s00259-008-0917-8
DO - 10.1007/s00259-008-0917-8
M3 - Article
SN - 1619-7070
VL - 36
SP - 237
EP - 243
JO - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
JF - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
IS - 2
ER -