The Influence of Acute Myocardial Infarction Checklist on the Door-to-Balloon Time

Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Myocardial Infarction

Treatments: Other: acute myocardial infarction checklist

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00632788

97005

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was designed to investigate the influence of the acute myocardial infarction checklist on the door-to-balloon time in patients suffering from acute STEMI at Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

Enrollment: 213 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all patients who presented to the emergency department of Far Eastern Memorial Hospital within 12 hours of the onset of ischemic chest pain
• patients with diagnostic criteria of acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction on electrocardiogram, e.g. at least 0.1 mV in two or more contiguous electrocardiographic leads or a new onset of bundle branch block
• patients were preparing for emergency cardiac catheterization

Exclusion criteria

• patients who did not fulfill the diagnostic criteria of acute myocardial infarction on electrocardiogram
• patients who were not eligible for cardiac catheterization
• patients who refused cardiac catheterization
• patients who suffered from acute myocardial infarction after admission to ward or intensive care unit for any reason
• patients who had an ambiguous diagnosis that the decision of emergency cardiac catheterization was made after admission to ward or intensive care unit

Trial design

213 participants in 2 patient groups

intervention group

Description:

patients presented with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction and received emergency cardiac catheterization between March 1, 2007 and Oct. 31, 2007

Treatment:

Other: acute myocardial infarction checklist

control group

Description:

patients presented with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction and received emergency cardiac catheterization between April 1, 2006 and Feb. 28, 2007