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Mortality in a Primary and Secondary Transported of STEMI Patients, a Prospective Study

Received: 30 June 2016     Accepted: 19 July 2016     Published: 29 July 2016
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In ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the pre-hospital phase is the most critical and appropriate treatment in a timely manner which is instrumental for mortality reduction. STEMI systems of care based on networks of medical institutions connected by an efficient emergency medical service (EMS) are pivotal. The first steps are devoted to minimizing patient’s delay in seeking care, quickly dispatching emergency personnel with equipped ambulance to be able to make the diagnosis on scene, deliver initial drug and therapy and also transport the patient to the most appropriate (not necessarily the closest) cardiac facility or hospital. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a treatment of choice, but thrombolysis followed by coronary angiography and possibly PCI are valid alternatives. Strong cooperations between cardiologists and emergency medicine doctors are mandatory for optimal pre-hospital STEMI care. In this study, we prospectively recorded door to balloon time (DBT) for consecutive patients with STEMI, treated by PCI. For six hundred and seventy seven patients with mean 64 ± 16 years, 475 (70%) males and 202 (30%) females were enrolled for the final analysis. From this number, 354 (52.3%) patients had primary transport by emergency services (PT) and 323 (47.7%) secondary transport (ST). Median of DBT was 34 ±15.9 mins for PT patients (n=354) and 100 ±28.8 mins for patients with ST (n=323) (p<0.00005). One month mortality rate was 4% vs 9.5% (p=0.002) in the PT vs ST group, respectively. One-year mortality rate in the PT and ST groups were 7.3% vs 20.5% (p<0.005), respectively. We found out that patients who were sent directly to a PCI center had significantly shorter time for reperfusion and lower mortality.

Published in American Journal of Internal Medicine (Volume 4, Issue 4)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajim.20160404.13
Page(s) 75-78
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Keywords

STEMI, Prehospital Treatment, Door to Balloon Time and Mortality

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  • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty Hospital, Charles University in Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

  • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty Hospital, Charles University in Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

  • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty Hospital, Charles University in Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

  • Department of Pediatrics, Faculty Hospital, Charles University in Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

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