Heart attack victims who have ECGs in the field experience short...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Wed, 01/20/2010 - 23:00

(Wiley-Blackwell) A recent study found that individuals experiencing chest pain who had electrocardiogram assessments prior to arriving at the hospital experienced a significantly reduced time-to-treatment or door-to-balloon (D2B) time.

The mean D2B time was 60.2 minutes compared with 90.5 minutes for in-hospital ECGs. Details of the study appear in the January 2010 issue of Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

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