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Heart Attack Care: PCI Received Within 90 Minutes of Hospital Arrival

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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) is a procedure considered to be the most effective for opening blocked blood vessels that cause heart attacks. It is important that this therapy be given quickly after a heart attack is diagnosed.

The chart below shows the percentage of UMMC heart attack patients given PCI within 90 minutes of arrival, as compared to the national average.

PCI Received Within 90 Minutes of Hospital Arrival

*Note: NA stands for not applicable. This means that during this quarter, there were no patients who met the specified criteria.

Source: The Joint Commission

This page was last updated on: August 19, 2010.