Using a Cloud Computing System to Reduce Door-to-Balloon Time in Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Transferred for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Table 1
Baseline clinical characteristics and angiographic findings.
Variables
Transferred through protocol group ( = 262)
Traditional referral process group ( =107)
value
Age (yrs)
61.0 ± 13.1
60.8 ± 13.6
0.905
Male gender
83.2% (218)
80.4% (86)
0.517
Current smoking
62.2% (163)
49.5% (53)
0.025
Hypertension
56.9% (149)
67.3% (72)
0.079
Diabetes mellitus
40.8% (107)
27.1% (29)
0.017
Old myocardial infarction
3.8% (10)
4.7% (5)
0.706
Body mass index (kg/m2)
25.4 ± 3.5
25.6 ± 3.9
0.763
Dyslipidemia
69.8% (183)
48.6% (52)
<0.001
Troponin-I
3.54 ± 11.54
7.51 ± 31.27
0.204
Killip class
0.415
1
64.9% (170)
58.9% (63)
2
13.0% (34)
19.6% (21)
3
7.6% (20)
8.4% (9)
4
14.5% (38)
13.1% (14)
Systolic blood pressure
137.6 ± 27.6
140.2 ± 32.8
0.426
Diastolic blood pressure
83.1 ± 19.7
95.0 ± 89.8
0.176
Heart rate
78.7 ± 20.4
77.7 ± 18.7
0.675
MI location
1.000
Anterior wall MI
50.4% (132)
50.5% (54)
Nonanterior wall MI
49.6% (130)
49.5% (53)
Multivessel disease
65.6% (172)
36.4% (39)
<0.001
Postprocedural TIMI-3 flow
92.0% (241)
87.9% (94)
0.213
Stenting
95.9% (254)
93.5% (100)
0.124
Data are expressed as mean ± SD or % (); LV: left ventricular; MI: myocardial infarct; TIMI: Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction; indicated all the data were measured upon presentation.
