Publications by authors named "Robin Kuritzky"
Objectives: This study sought to compare the 1-year survival of patients diagnosed with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and transferred via pre-hospital triage strategy for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with those transferred via inter-hospital transfer within a large suburban region in Canada.
Background: Primary angioplasty is the preferred therapy for STEMI if it is done within 90 min of door-to-balloon time by an experienced team in a high-volume center.
Methods: Patients identified to have STEMI on the ambulances equipped with electrocardiography bypassed the local hospitals and were sent directly to the PCI center, whereas other patients that were picked up by ambulances without electrocardiographic equipment were transported to the local hospitals where the diagnosis of STEMI was made and were re-routed to the PCI center.
Background: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) presents challenges in a large geographic area for achieving treatment time targets and creates demands on the PCI centre resources.
Objective: We compare the in-hospital mortality rate of patients presenting with STEMI and referred for PCI from 11 transfer hospitals with those presenting to the cardiac centre in a regional STEMI program with a selective repatriation strategy.
Methods: Between June 1, 2003, and June 30, 2007, clinical and procedural data of all STEMI patients who were referred to the catheterization laboratory were prospectively collected.