Neighborhood and Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality as Related to the Driving Time to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention–Capable Hospital

摘要

Background Driving time to a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)–capable hospital is important in timely treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Our objective was to determine whether driving time from one's residence to a PCI‐capable hospital contributes to AMI deaths. We conducted a cross‐sectional study of age‐ and sex‐adjusted mortality in census block groups to evaluate this question.