Wireless System To Decrease Door To Intervention Time Of MI Patients

The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey study found a wireless system that enables on-call cardiologists to view full ECGs on “smart” phones can cut in half the time it takes to begin the treatment of heart attack with catheter-based techniques such as angioplasty and stenting.

The door to intervention time of patients having an acute MI was cut to 73 minutes using this wireless system. It used to take almost that long to just to notify the cardiologist of the patient’s positive MI.

I haven’t seen this used in clinical practice yet, but I sure do welcome it. The outcome of the patient depends so much on the amount of time between the onset of the heart attack and the treatment.

I will keep you posted on when this technology will be available to most emergency rooms.

via Science Daily