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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

In this observational study, short onset to balloon time was associated with a better 3 year clinical outcome in patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction having primary percutaneous coronary intervention, whereas the benefit of short door to balloon time was limited to patients who presented early.

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