title: Door-to-Balloon Time as a Process Metric for Treatment of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Time to "Tap Out"?
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Electronic address: mkutcher@wakehealth.edu.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kutcher
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; ST-segment elevation resolution; door-to-balloon time; myocardial blush grade; primary percutaneous coronary intervention; symptom onset to balloon time