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Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volume  3, Issue 2, Jul-Dec 2017, Pages 188-189
 

Original Article

Achieving Sustainable Door-To-Balloon Time of 90 Minutes in a Tertiary Centre Hospital for St-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Gulati V.1, Datta K.2

1PGYIII, MEM 2HOD and Associate Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi, Delhi 110088, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311X.3217.2

Abstract

Chest pain is one of the most common presentations in emergency department and India has the highest burden of acute coronary syndrome in the world. Increasing awareness regarding it has lead to increased diagnosed cases and hence people getting early definitive treatment. Various studies have shown that door to balloon time within 90 min increases the survival rate. In this study, we analyse the door to balloon time of 90 min in a tertiary centre hospital for STelevation myocardial infarction.

Keywords: Infarction; STSegment Elevation; ECG. 


Corresponding Author : Vaibhav Gulati, PGYIII, MEM, Emergency Department, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi