Abstract
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,
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 237-243 |
| Journal | European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Bibliographical note
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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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