Oriol de Diego, Ferran Rueda, Xavier Carrillo, Teresa Oliveras, Rut Andrea, Nabil El Ouaddi, Jordi Serra, Carlos Labata, Marc Ferrer, María J Martínez-Membrive, Santiago Montero, Josepa Mauri, Joan García-Picart, Sergio Rojas, Albert Ariza, Helena Tizón-Marcos, Marta Faiges, Mérida Cárdenas, Rosa María Lidón, Juan F Muñoz-Camacho, Xavier Jiménez Fàbrega, Josep Lupón, Antoni Bayés-Genís, Cosme García-García
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Prognosis in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is determined by delay in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI). The impact of first medical contact (FMC) facility type on reperfusion delays and mortality remains controversial. METHODS: We performed a prospective registry of primary coronary intervention (PCI)-treated STEMI patients (2010-2020) in the Codi Infart STEMI network. We analyzed 1-year all-cause mortality depending on the FMC facility type: emergency medical service (EMS), community hospital (CH), PCI hospital (PCI-H), or primary care center (PCC)...
January 6, 2023: Revista Española de Cardiología