Off-hours admission does not impact outcomes in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention and with a first medical contact-to-device time within 90 min

Background:It remains unclear whether the outcomes of ST-elevation myocardial infarction(STEMI)patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention(PPCI)during off-hours are as favorable as those treated during on-hours,especially those with a first medical contact-to-device(FMC-to-device)time within 90 min.We aimed to determine whether off-hours admission impacted late outcomes in patients undergoing PPCI and with an FMC-to-device time<90 min.Methods:This multicenter retrospective study included 670 STEMI patients who underwent successful PPCI and had an FMC-to-device time<90 min from 19 chest pain centers in Beijing from January 2018 to December 2018.Patients were divided into on-hours group and off-hours group based on their arrival time.Baseline characteristics,clinical data,and key time intervals during treatment were collected from the Quality Control&Improvement Center of Cardiovascular Intervention of Beijing by the 4tHeart and Brain Green Channel”app.Results:Overall,the median age of the patients was 58.8 years and 19.9%(133/670)were female.Of these,296(44.2%)patients underwent PPCI during on-hours and 374(55.8%)patients underwent PPCI during off-hours.Compared with the on-hours group,the off-hours group had a longer FMC-to-device time and fewer patients with FMC-to-device time<60 min(P<0.05).During the mean follow-up period of 24 months,a total of 64(9.6%)participants experienced a major adverse cardiovascular event(MACE),with 28(9.1%)in the on-hours group and 36(9.6%)in the off-hours group(P>0.05).According to the Cox regression analyses,off-hours admission was not a predictor of 2-year MACEs(P=0.788).Similarly,the Kaplan-Meier curves showed that the risks of a MACE,all-cause death,reinfarction,and target vessel revascularization were not significantly different between the two groups(P>0.05).Conclusions:This real-world,multicenter retrospective study demonstrated that for STEMI patients who underwent PPCI within 90 min,off-hours admission was safe,with no difference in the risk of 2-year MACEs compared with those with on-hours admission.

Total ischemic time and outcomes for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction： does time of admission make a difference？

Objective To investigate whether admission time was associated with the delay of reperfusion therapy and in-hospital death in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction （STEMI）. Methods All patients with STEMI who were admitted to the emergency depart- ment and underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention at Peking University People＇s Hospital between April 2012 and March 2015 were included. We examined differences in clinical characteristics, total ischemic time, and in-hospital death between patients admitted during off-hours and those admitted during regular hours. Multivariate logistic regression was used to estimate the relationship between off-hours admission and clinical outcome. Results The sample comprised 184 and 105 patients with STEMI admitted to hospital during off-hours and regular hours, respectively. Total ischemic and onset-to-door times were significantly shorter in patients admitted during off-hours than among those admitted during regular hours （all P 〈 0.05）. Door-to-balloon （DTB） time, the rate of DTB time 〈 90 min, and in-hospital death were comparable between groups. Multivariate logistic regression showed that age and creatinine level, but not off-hours admission, were associated independently with increased in-hospital death. Conclusions Off-hours admission did not result in delayed reperfusion therapy or increased in-hospital mortality in patients with STEMI. Further efforts should focus on identifying pivotal factors associated with the pre-hospital and in-hospital delay of reperfusion therapy, and implementing quality improvement initiatives for reperfusion programs.