Door-to-Balloon Time and Mortality among Patients Undergoing Primary PCI

Hospitals participating in the CathPCI Registry were tracked for performance and outcomes for door-to-balloon times in patients undergoing PCI for acute STEMI.  There were nearly 97,000 admissions for PCI for acute STEMI 2005-2009.  Mean door-to-balloon time decreased from 83 to 67 minutes.  The percent of patients meeting the threshold of 90 min door-to-balloon time increased from 60% to 83%.  Mortality was not affected by these changes.