The Difficult Evolution of Intensive Cardiac Care Units: An Overview of the BLITZ-3 Registry and Other Italian Surveys

Figure 5

Effects of STEMI network implementation in Emilia-Romagna on ICCUs’ activities. The reduction of direct admission to Spoke (Level 1) ICCU is not compensated by the transfer back from the Hub (Level 2 or 3) ICCU of patients initially triaged by EMS directly to the interventional center for reperfusion. Modified from Pavesi et al. [10]. Legend. STEMI: ST-elevation myocardial infarction.