Balloon-to-door time: emerging evidence for shortening hospital stay after primary PCI for STEMI

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Mar 31;65(12):1172-1174. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.01.030.

Authors

Frederic S Resnic¹, Sachin P Shah²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts. Electronic address: frederic.resnic@lahey.org.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts.

PMID: 25814224
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.01.030

No abstract available

Keywords: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; length of stay; percutaneous coronary intervention.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / methods*
Female
Hospital Mortality*
Humans
Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data*
Male
Myocardial Infarction / mortality*
Myocardial Infarction / therapy*