title: Optimizing door-to-balloon times for STEMI interventions - Results from the SINCERE database.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Primary angioplasty decreases mortality and improves long-term outcomes for patients with STEMI. To be most effective, it needs to be performed expediently, with door-to-balloon times (D2B) less than 90 min.
  
  
  METHODS
  From January 2005 to presently, 420 short D2B STEMI interventions were performed at 5 community hospitals by a single experienced operator creating the SINCERE (Single INdividual Community Experience REgistry) database.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Median D2B time was 78 min, median procedure time (local anesthesia to recanalization) was 13 min; 85.2% of procedures had D2B time <90 min; 95% of the procedures were successful - relief of chest pain, >70% ST segment resolution, TIMI 3 flow and Myocardial Perfusion Grade 3.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Primary PCI with high success rates and predictable short D2B times can be performed with standardized techniques in community hospitals.
authors: University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, USA ; Mercy Medical Center, USA.
authors: Sameer
authors: S
authors: Mehta
authors: Estefanía
authors: E
authors: Oliveros
authors: Carlos E
authors: CE
authors: Alfonso
authors: Esther
authors: E
authors: Falcão
authors: Faisal
authors: F
authors: Shamshad
authors: Ana I
authors: AI
authors: Flores
authors: Salomon
authors: S
authors: Cohen
keywords: Door-to-balloon times; Primary PCI; STEMI
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