Door to balloon time in patients presenting with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction and time factors influencing it; an observational study from a tertiary care teaching hospital in India

Vimal Krishnan S; Manoj Ravi; Siju V. Abraham; Babu Urumese Palatty; Jayaraj Mymbilly Balakrishnan

Indian Heart Journal (May 2021)

Door to balloon time in patients presenting with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction and time factors influencing it; an observational study from a tertiary care teaching hospital in India

Vimal Krishnan S,
Manoj Ravi,
Siju V. Abraham,
Babu Urumese Palatty,
Jayaraj Mymbilly Balakrishnan

Affiliations

Vimal Krishnan S: Department of Emergency Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, 576104, Udupi, Karnataka, India; Corresponding author.
Manoj Ravi: Department of Cardiology, Jubilee Mission Medical College & Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Siju V. Abraham: Department of Emergency Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College & Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Babu Urumese Palatty: Department of Emergency Medicine, Jubilee Mission Medical College & Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Jayaraj Mymbilly Balakrishnan: Department of Emergency Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, 576104, Udupi, Karnataka, India

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 73, no. 3
pp. 359 – 361

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The objective of this prospective observational study was to assess the door-to-balloon time (D2B), in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients and the time factors influencing it. The following timeframes were measured during the study: ED to ECG time, ED to coronary care unit time (ED2CCU), consent time, post-consent to balloon time (POSTCONSENT2B) and D2B. Effective D2B was 54 ± 12.2 min. Of the dependent variables, D2B had a strong positive correlation (ρ = 0.903) with consent time. This study sheds light on consent time a previously unrecognized entity as a significantly influencing factor for the D2B time.

Published in Indian Heart Journal

ISSN: 0019-4832 (Print); 2213-3763 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/indian-heart-journal/

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