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Research Note: Exploration Of Factors That Impede Door-To-Balloon Times, Erin Troby
Research Note: Exploration Of Factors That Impede Door-To-Balloon Times, Erin Troby
Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal
When experiencing an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), more commonly known as a heart attack, patients need rapid treatment in order to open up and reestablish blood flow within the coronary artery. By far, the most common way to do this is an invasive procedure that allows a physician to inflate a tiny balloon into the plaque-filled area of the artery. The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have established a 90-minute goal for this procedure, which means that, from the time a patient enters the door of the emergency department (ED), the medical team has …