Effect of holidays on door-to-reperfusion time in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction / 中国介入心脏病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the effect of holidays on door-to-reperfusion time in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction(STEMI).Methods Using the data from the Registry of ST-segment elevation Myocardial Infarction in Beijing,we studied the data of 297 patients with STEMI who received acute reperfusion from November 2005 to July 2006.The association between holidays and door-to-reperfusion time in these patients was studied.Results Ninty four patients in this study were admitted in holidays(26 of them received fibrinolytic therapy and 68 received PCI)and the other 203 patients were admitted during routine weekdays(61 of them received fibrinolytic therapy and 142 received PCI).After adjusting for patient characteristics,admission during holidays was associated with a longer median door-to-balloon time[162.2 min(95% CI160.8,165.3)vs 141.8 min(95% CI137.8,144.1);P