Reduction in Door-to-Needle Time after Transfer of Thrombolysis Site from CCU to Emergency Department

Table 1

Demographic and clinical data in patients with acute STEMI.

Variable	CCU group 𝑁=58	ED group 𝑁=153
Age
Mean ± SD	46.05±7.47	47.31±7.99
Median (range)	46 (27–73)	47 (25–63)
Gender	Male = 56 (96.55%)	Male = 150 (98.04%)
	Female = 2 (3.45%)	Female = 3 (1.96%)
Hypertension	13 (27%)	31 (28%)
Diabetes	18 (31%)	43 (30%)
High LDL > 3 mmol/L^∗	25 (46%)	59 (44%)
Smoking	32 (68%)	68 (61%)
Type of MI
Anterior MI	29 (50%)	66 (43%)
Nonanterior MI	29 (50%)	87 (57%)

∗According to the European Society of Cardiology guidelines 2012.