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Five years of Stent for Life in Portugal
Pereira, Hélder; Calé, Rita; Pereira, Ernesto; Mello, Sofia; Vitorino, Sílvia; Jerónimo de Sousa, Pedro; Monteiro, Sílvia; Pinto, Fausto J.Objective: To analyze changes in performance indicators five years after Portugal joined the Stent for Life (SFL) initiative. Methods: National surveys were carried out annually over one-month periods designated as study Time Points between 2011 (Time Zero) and 2016 (Time Five). In this study, 1340 consecutive patients with suspected ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who underwent coronary angiography,...
The stent for life initiative : factors predicting system delay in patients wit...
Pereira, Hélder; Pinto, Fausto J.; Calé, Rita; Pereira, Ernesto; Mello, Sofia; Vitorino, Sílvia; Sousa, Pedro Jerónimo de; Brochado, BrunoIntroduction and Aims: System delay (time between first medical contact and reperfusion therapy) is an indicator of quality of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients. This study aimed to assess changes in system delay between 2011 and 2015, and to identify its predictors. Methods: The study included 838 patients admitted to 18 Portuguese ...
Factors influencing patient delay before primary percutaneous coronary interven...
Pereira, Hélder; Calé, Rita; Pinto, Fausto J.; Pereira, Ernesto; Caldeira, Daniel; Mello, Sofia; Vitorino, Sílvia; Almeida, Manuel de SousaIntroduction and Aims: Shorter patient delays are associated with a better prognosis for patients diagnosed with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). This study aimed to identify predictors of patient delay in the Portuguese population. Methods: Data on 994 patients with suspected STEMI of less than 12 hours’ duration and referred for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) and admitted...