To achieve timely restoration of coronary flow in patients with acute myocardial infarction, the decision to call in the cardiac catheterization team has moved ever earlier, and is often made before cardiologist evaluation. Door-to-balloon times have been reduced, but the price of this success is an increase in 'false alarms'.
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Desai, N., Morrow, D. Reducing door-to-balloon time for STEMI—success at a price. Nat Rev Cardiol 9, 437–438 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2012.95
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