Association of onset to balloon and door to balloon time with long term clinical outcome in patients with ST elevation acute myocardial infarction having primary percutaneous coronary intervention: observational study.

The article reports an observational study which examined the association of onset to balloon and door to balloon time with long term clinical outcome in patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) having primary percutaneous coronary intervention. The results revealed that short onset to balloon time was associated with better three year clinical outcome in patients with STEMI having primary percutaneous coronary intervention.