title: Discharge after primary angioplasty at 24 h: feasible and safe or a step too far?
abstract: Current clinical practice regarding surveillance period and length of hospital stay after an ST elevation myocardial infarction is very variable among different countries and hospitals. In general, there has been a significant reduction in length of stay overall, which is mainly due to the increasing use of primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Length of stay after a ST elevation myocardial infaction, which is a rather common event, has a major impact on health care costs and patients' quality of life. We try to evaluate how far we could push the limits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Royal United Hospital Bath, UK.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khavandi
authors.forename: Phillip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meier
mesh_terms: D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000639:trends*; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000534:rehabilitation*