Sven Trautner

TL;DR: The hypothesis that remote ischaemic conditioning during evolving ST-elevation myocardial infarction, and done before primary percutaneous coronary intervention, increasesMyocardial salvage, and has a favourable safety profile is tested.

TL;DR: System delay was associated with mortality in patients with STEMI treated with primary PCI, as was its components, prehospital system delay and door-to-balloon delay.

TL;DR: Pre-hospital electrocardiographic (ECG) diagnosis and direct referral for primary PCI enables STEMI patients living far from a PCI centre to achieve a system delay comparable with patients living in close vicinity of a PCI centres.

TL;DR: Transmission of a prehospital 12-lead ECG directly to the attending cardiologist's mobile telephone decreased door-to-PCI time by >1 hour when patients were transported directly to PCI centers, bypassing local hospitals.

TL;DR: In patients with STEMI, shorter delay to PPCI is associated with lower risk for readmissions or outpatient contacts due to CHF during follow-up, and system delay was an independent predictor of readmissions.