PMID- 18682042 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20081103 LR - 20191111 IS - 1488-2353 (Electronic) IS - 0147-958X (Linking) VI - 31 IP - 4 DP - 2008 TI - Current management of patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction in Metropolitan Beijing, China. PG - E189-97 AB - PURPOSE: To assess clinical practices and in-hospital outcomes of patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in Beijing, China. METHODS: This study was a prospective multicentre registry study in Metropolitan Beijing, China. Demographics, delay time, management strategy and in-hospital outcome data were collected from patients with STEMI enrolled in 19 hospitals. RESULTS: A total of 803 patients (mean age 61+/-13 yr ,22% women and 42.1% >or= 65 yr) with STEMI were enrolled. More than half had a history of hypertension (50.4%) and current smoking (55.2%). Six hundred and fifty patients (80.9%) received reperfusion therapy: 124 (15.4% ) treated with thrombolysis and 526 (65.5% ) with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The median door-to-needle time for thrombolysis was 83 min and door-to-balloon time for primary PCI was 132 min. Only 7% of patients treated with thrombolysis met the guidelines goal of the door-to-needle time