title: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: This article examines the development of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) for the treatment of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in the UK. It discusses the evidence related to PPCI, the technological advances to improve accessibility to this treatment and the nursing care of a patient undergoing this procedure.
authors.affiliation: James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough. jackie.tough@stees.nhs.uk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tough
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004496:Education, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017216:Telemedicine; D014218:Triage; D006113:United Kingdom