What is the guideline-recommended door-to-balloon time for STEMI?

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What is the guideline-recommended door-to-balloon time for STEMI?

In STEMI, every minute counts because rapid reperfusion minimizes heart tissue injury and improves survival. The guideline-recommended goal for door-to-balloon time—time from hospital arrival to PCI balloon inflation—is 90 minutes or less. This 90-minute target is based on evidence showing that shorter times lead to better outcomes, whereas longer times are linked with larger infarct size and higher mortality. The other options exceed this standard and are associated with worse results in acute STEMI care. In practice, teams strive to activate the cath lab quickly to meet that 90-minute benchmark, with systems-level steps like prehospital ECGs and early cath-lab activation to make this achievable.

In STEMI, every minute counts because rapid reperfusion minimizes heart tissue injury and improves survival. The guideline-recommended goal for door-to-balloon time—time from hospital arrival to PCI balloon inflation—is 90 minutes or less. This 90-minute target is based on evidence showing that shorter times lead to better outcomes, whereas longer times are linked with larger infarct size and higher mortality. The other options exceed this standard and are associated with worse results in acute STEMI care. In practice, teams strive to activate the cath lab quickly to meet that 90-minute benchmark, with systems-level steps like prehospital ECGs and early cath-lab activation to make this achievable.

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